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Eras & Time Periods42
Historical42
Historical Fiction42
Fiction29
History13
History, Politics & Society13
Places & World Literature12
Non-Fiction11
Book Club10

Historical Romance9

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North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
4.15 average rating, · 187.8k ratings
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The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough
4.13 average rating, · 26.2k ratings
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Mary Doria Russell
4.00 average rating, · 17.7k ratings
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Sing, Wild Bird, Sing
Jacqueline O'Mahony
4.11 average rating, · 15.6k ratings
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How to Be a Victorian
Ruth Goodman
4.25 average rating, · 8k ratings
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The Elephant Keeper's Daughter
Julia Drosten
4.12 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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Galway Bay
Mary Pat Kelly
4.16 average rating, · 5.4k ratings
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Lark Rise to Candleford
Flora Thompson
4.02 average rating, · 5.1k ratings
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The Linnet Bird
Linda Holeman
4.16 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
Judith Flanders
4.18 average rating, · 2.7k ratings
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Mattie
Judy Alter
4.02 average rating, · 3k ratings
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The American Adventuress
C.W. Gortner
4.10 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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The Hidden Hand
E.D.E.N. Southworth
4.24 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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The Red Heart
James Alexander Thom
4.39 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
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Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832
Stella Tillyard
4.10 average rating, · 2k ratings
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The First Actress
C.W. Gortner
4.08 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
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Wild Swan
Celeste De Blasis
4.39 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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Fortunata y Jacinta I
Benito Pérez Galdós
4.41 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Chariot on the Mountain
Jack Ford
4.04 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
Liza Picard
4.03 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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El 19 de marzo y el 2 de mayo
Benito Pérez Galdós
4.10 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Theirs Was the Kingdom
R.F. Delderfield
4.24 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets
Rosemary Simpson
4.07 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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An Autumn Courtship
Mary Kingswood
4.46 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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