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Historical19
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Historical Romance2

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The Covenant
James A. Michener
4.22 average rating, · 22.1k ratings
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When the Lion Feeds
Wilbur Smith
4.24 average rating, · 20.7k ratings
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Sound of Thunder
Wilbur Smith
4.25 average rating, · 13.1k ratings
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Hum If You Don't Know the Words
Bianca Marais
4.23 average rating, · 12.7k ratings
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A Sparrow Falls
Wilbur Smith
4.30 average rating, · 10.8k ratings
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Tandia
Bryce Courtenay
4.11 average rating, · 12.5k ratings
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Rage
Wilbur Smith
4.18 average rating, · 6.9k ratings
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If You Want to Make God Laugh
Bianca Marais
4.31 average rating, · 5.3k ratings
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Warrior King
Wilbur Smith
4.33 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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Whitethorn
Bryce Courtenay
4.15 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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A Conspiracy of Mothers
Colleen van Niekerk
4.26 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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You Will Be Safe Here
Damian Barr
4.01 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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Child of the River
Irma Joubert
4.12 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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Children of Sugarcane
Joanne Joseph
4.47 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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Fire on the Horizon
Wilbur Smith
4.28 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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The Crooked Path
Irma Joubert
4.05 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa
Dominique Lapierre
4.12 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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Moerbeibos
Delane Matthee
4.06 average rating, · 606 ratings
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The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
Eve Fairbanks
4.19 average rating, · 553 ratings
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