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Books like The Elusive Pimpernel (Scarlet Pimpernel)
Loved The Elusive Pimpernel (Scarlet Pimpernel) by Emma Orczy? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from historical fiction, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell's rise in the court of Henry VIII; political intrigue rendered in extraordinary close-up prose.
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The Pillars of the Earth
The building of a cathedral across decades of medieval turmoil; a vast, addictive saga.
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The Book Thief
A girl in Nazi Germany who steals books, narrated by Death itself; original, tender and devastating.
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All the Light We Cannot See
A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths cross in occupied France; luminous, intricate storytelling.
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The Spirit of the Border
Wikipedia: Spirit of the Border is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It
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A Little Princess
This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a
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Heretics
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually ever
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White Fang
The story of a wolf/dog cross, who is raised by Indians, and becomes a deadly fighter.
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Huntingtower
Dickson MCunn, a recently retired prosperous Scots grocer decides on a walking tour in SW Scotland as a suitable beginning to his retirement activities. To his surprise, he stumbles into a sinister pl
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Wildfire
From the book:For some reason the desert scene before Lucy Bostil awoke varying emotions - a sweet gratitude for the fullness of her life there at the Ford, yet a haunting remorse that she could not b