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Loved Quo Vadis? Powieść z czasów Nerona by Henryk Sienkiewicz? 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

    Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Historical Fiction

    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

    Ken Follett · 1989 · Historical Fiction

    The building of a cathedral across decades of medieval turmoil; a vast, addictive saga.

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    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak · 2005 · Historical Fiction

    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

    Anthony Doerr · 2014 · Historical Fiction

    A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths cross in occupied France; luminous, intricate storytelling.

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    Rodney Stone

    Arthur Conan Doyle · 1896 · Historical Fiction

    From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has o

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    The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

    Arthur Conan Doyle · 1896 · Historical Fiction

    "Brigadier Etienne Gerard is a Hussar in the French Army, in Napoleon's service. He's a vain man, believing in his own superiority in many things: being the bravest soldier, the greatest swordsman, an

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    A Little Princess

    Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1905 · Historical Fiction

    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 · 1905 · Historical Fiction

    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

    Jack London · 1905 · Historical Fiction

    The story of a wolf/dog cross, who is raised by Indians, and becomes a deadly fighter.

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    The Spirit of the Border

    Zane Grey · 1906 · Historical Fiction

    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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