This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.
For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see , which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well as the more general and .
Novels
Set in Prehistory (c. 30,000 BC â 3000 BC)
Set in Classical Antiquity (c. 3000 BC â 500 AD)
- Pharaoh by BolesÃ
Âaw Prus
- The Egyptian and The Secret of the Kingdom by Mika Waltari
- River God by Wilbur Smith
- Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge
- Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
- Men of Bronze by Scott Oden
- Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Troy series by David Gemmell
- Homer's Daughter by Robert Graves
- Creation by Gore Vidal
- Gates of Fire, Last of the Amazons, The Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign and Tides of War by Steven Pressfield
- Hannibal by Ross Leckie
- Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert
- Fire from Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games by Mary Renault
- Child of a Dream, The Sands of Ammon, and The Ends of the Earth (Alexander Trilogy) by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
- Memnon by Scott Oden
- The Source by James A. Michener
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
- The Madonna Secret by Sophie Strand
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough
- Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor
- Imperium, Lustrum, and Dictator (Cicero Trilogy) by Robert Harris
- Emperor series by Conn Iggulden
- Kleopatra Pharaoh by Karen Essex
- The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
- The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder
- Augustus by John Williams
- ' by Lew Wallace
- King Jesus by Robert Graves
- The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
- ' and ' by Anne Rice
- The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer
- The Gospel According to Lazarus by Richard Zimler
- The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
- The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
- The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain
- I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves
- Eagles of the Empire series and Gladiator series by Simon Scarrow
- Insaan Aur Devta by Nasim Hijazi
- Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Pompeii by Robert Harris
- Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
- The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
- Helena by Evelyn Waugh
- Judge Dee by Robert Van Gulik
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong and retold by Eiji Yoshikawa
- Julian by Gore Vidal
- Raptor by Gary Jennings
- A Struggle for Rome by Felix Dahn
Set in the Middle Ages (c. AD 500 â 1500)
- A Dream of Eagles (aka Camulod Chronicles) by Jack Whyte (4thâÂÂ6th)
- The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell (6th)
- Count Belisarius by Robert Graves (6th)
- Tom a Lincoln by Richard Johnson
- The King's Sons by George Manville Fenn (9th)
- Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross (9th)
- The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell (9thâÂÂ10th)
- Corban Loosestrife series by Cecelia Holland (10th)
- The Whale Road, The Wolf Sea and others (Oathsworn series) by Robert Low (late 10th)
- The Long Ships (Röde Orm) by Frans G. Bengtsson (late 10th)
- The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge series) by Ken Follett (late 10th)
- Lion of Ireland and Pride of Lions by Morgan Llywelyn (late 10thâÂÂearly 11th)
- Vinland by George Mackay Brown (early 11th)
- The Physician by Noah Gordon (11th)
- Samarkand by Amin Maalouf (11th)
- The Jester by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (11th)
- The Last English King by Julian Rathbone (mid-11th)
- The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth (late 11th)
- King Raven series (Hood, Scarlet, and Tuck) by Stephen R. Lawhead (late 11th)
- The Jester by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (late 11th)
- The Badger of Ghissi by (12th)
- When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance, and Devil's Brood (Plantagenet series) by Sharon Kay Penman (12th)
- The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge series) by Ken Follett (12th)
- The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour (12th)
- The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters (mid-12th)
- The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth (12th)
- Kay the Left-Handed by Leslie Barringer (12th)
- Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett (12th)
- Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike (12th)
- The Sign of the Chrysanthemum by Katherine Paterson (12th)
- Witiko by Adalbert Stifter
- New Tale of the Heike by Eiji Yoshikawa (late 12th)
- Ivanhoe, The Talisman and others (Waverley Novels) by Sir Walter Scott (late 12th)
- Insurrection by Robyn Young (13th)
- Wolf of the Plains, Lords of the Bow and others (Conqueror series) by Conn Iggulden (13th)
- Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, and The Reckoning (Welsh Princes series) by Sharon Kay Penman (13th)
- Brethren, Crusade, and Requiem (Brethren Trilogy) by Robyn Young (13th)
- The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain (13th)
- Poland by James A. Michener (mid-13thâÂÂearly 15th)
- The Journeyer by Gary Jennings (late 13thâÂÂearly 14th)
- The Lion of Flanders by Hendrik Conscience (late 13thâÂÂearly 14th)
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (early 14th)
- Valperga by Mary Shelley (early 14th)
- Harlequin, Vagabond, Heretic and 1356 (The Grail Quest series) by Bernard Cornwell (14th)
- The Accursed Kings (Les Rois maudits) by Maurice Druon (14th)
- Katherine by Anya Seton (14th)
- World Without End (Kingsbridge series) by Ken Follett (14th)
- Kristin Lavransdatter series and The Master of Hestviken series by Sigrid Undset (14th)
- The Knights of the Cross (KrzyÃ
¼acy) by Henryk Sienkiewicz (14thâÂÂearly 15th)
- Cathedral of the Sea (La catedral del mar) by Ildefonso Falcones (late 14th)
- Morality Play by Barry Unsworth (late 14th)
- L'Anneau du pêcheur by Jean Raspail (late 14thâÂÂearly 15th)
- Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell (early 15th)
- The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman (15th)
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
- The House of Niccolò series by Dorothy Dunnett (mid-15th)
- Quentin Durward by Walter Scott (15th)
- The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (late 15th)
- The Family by Mario Puzo (late 15th)
- Romola by George Eliot (late 15th)
- I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (late 15th)
Set in the Early Modern Period (c. 1500 â 1760)
Set during the Industrial Revolution and Napoleonic era (c. 1760 â 1850)
Set during recent history (c. 1850 â 1950)
Theatre
Set 2000 BC â 600 AD
Set 600 AD â 1550
Set after 1550
Opera
Set 3000 BC â 600 AD
Set 600 AD â 1800
Films and television
Set in Prehistory (c. 30,000 BC â 3000 BC)
- ' 1968. First section.
- Iceman 2017
Poetry
- The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, 8th century BC
- The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold: life of Gautama Buddha, 6th or 5th century BC
- The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare: reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus in Rome, 6th century BC
- ' by Thomas Babington Macaulay: Horatius Cocles vs Lars Porsena, Rome, 6th century BC
- Roderick the Last of the Goths by Robert Southey: reign of Roderic, 8th century Hispania
- King Alfred by John Fitchett: reign of Alfred the Great, 9th century England
- The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton: reign of Alfred the Great, 9th century England
- The Saga of King Olaf by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: reign of Olaf Tryggvason, 10th century Norway
- Madoc by Robert Southey: legend of Madoc, 12th century Wales
- Isabella, or the Pot of Basil and The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats: European Middle Ages
- Marmion by Sir Walter Scott: reign of Henry VIII of England & the Battle of Flodden, 1513
- ' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Battle of Flores, 1591
- Bonnie Dundee by Sir Walter Scott: Viscount Dundee and the Jacobite rising of 1689
- Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755âÂÂ1764)
- Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: American Revolutionary War (1775)
- Battle of Niagara by John Neal: War of 1812
Comics
Prehistoric
Ancient
Wuxia manhua
Samurai manga
See also
External links