- List of historical novelists
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Peter Ackroyd (born 1949)
*William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882)
*Bruce Alexander
*Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862-1919)
*Valerie Anand
*Enrico Antiporda
*Anna Apostolou (a pseudonym of "P. C. Doherty")
*Margaret Atwood (born 1939)B
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Mary Balogh (born 1944 as "Mary Jenkins")
*Kathleen Baldwin American novelist
*Pat Barker (born 1943)
*Vasil Barnovi (1856-1934)
*Thea Beckman (1923-2004)
*Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914)
*R. D. Blackmore (1825-1900)
*John Boyne (born 1971)
*Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
*Wallace Breem (1926-1990)
*Emily Brightwell
*Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
*D. K. Broster (1877-1950)
*John Buchan (1875-1940)
*Fiona Buckley (the pseudonym of "Valerie Anand")
*Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)C
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Clifford Caldwell (born 1948) History of the American West
*Caleb Carr (born 1955)
*John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
*Philippa Carr (1906-1993)
*Jimmy Carter (born 1924) (ex US President and author)
*Winston Churchill (1871-1947) (an American novelist)
*Alys Clare (born 1944)
*Susanna Clarke (born 1959)
*James Clavell (1924-1994)
*Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
*Michael Clynes (pseudonym for P. C. Doherty)
*Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)
*Jonathan Coe (born 1961)
*Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
*Judith Cook
*Bernard Cornwell (born 1944)
*Thomas B. Costain (1885-1965)
*Andrew Crumey (born 1961)D
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Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
*Celeste De Blasis (1946-2001)
*L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000)
*Len Deighton (born 1929)
*Don DeLillo (born 1936)
*Graham Diamond
*Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
*E. L. Doctorow (born 1931)
*P. C. Doherty (born 1946)
*Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
*David Donachie (born 1944)
*Emma Donoghue
*Alfred Duggan (1903-1964)
*Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870)
*Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989)
*Ann Dukthas (a pseudonym for P. C. Doherty)
*Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001)
*David Anthony Durham E
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Umberto Eco (born 1932)
*George Eliot (1819-1880)
*James Ellroy (born 1948)
*Elizabeth Eyre F
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Sebastian Faulks (born 1953)
*Charles Finch (born 1980)
*Richard Flanagan (born 1961)
*Ken Follett (born 1949)
*C. S. Forester (1899-1966)
*Bruno Frank (1878-1945)
*Margaret Frazer
*Dale Furutani (born 1946)G
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Diana Gabaldon (born 1952)
*Margaret George (born 1943)
*Posie Graeme-Evans (born Rosemary Graeme-Evans c. 1952)
*C. L. Grace ( a pseudonym for P. C. Doherty)
*Joan Grant (1907-1989)
*Robert Graves (1895-1985)
*Philippa Gregory (born 1954)
*Susanna Gregory (the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys)H
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Barbara Hambly (born 1951)
*Paul Harding (a pseudonym of "P. C. Doherty")
*Mollie Hardwick (a pseudonym of "P. C. Doherty")
*Cynthia Harnett (1893-1981)
*Simon Hawke (born 1951)
*G. A. Henty , (1832-1902)
*Georgette Heyer (1902-1974)
*Eleanor Hibbert (1906-1993)
*Tom Holland (born 1968) British author
*Tom Holt (born 1961)
*Victoria Holt (1906-1993)
*Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
*S. L. Hunter (born 1951) (the pseudonym of "Nicholas Valentin Yermakov")I
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Conn Iggulden (born 1971)
*Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954)J
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Christian Jacq (born 1947) French historical novelist and Egyptologist
*Rosemary Hawley Jarman (born 1935)
*Michael Jecks (born 1960
*Gary Jennings (1928-1999)
*Alois Jirásek (1851-1930)
*Marie-Elena John (born 1963)
*Erica Jong (born 1942) not primarily known for historical novelsK
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Amita Kanekar (born 1965)
*Debra Kemp (born 1957)
*Alexander Kent (the pseudonym of British writer Douglas Reeman)
*Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
*Bernard Knight
*Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887)
*Jaan Kross (1920-2007)L
*Jane Lane
*Janet Laurence (born 1947)
*Perry Lentz (born 1943)
*Stephen Lewis (born 1937)
*Norah Lofts (1904-1983)
*Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
*Luo Guanzhong (1330-1400)M
*Paul L. Maier
*Rosie Malek-Yonan (author of [http://www.thecrimsonfield.com The Crimson Field] )
*Thomas Mallon (1951-)
*Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1946-)
*Stephen Marley
*F. Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978)
*J. D. Masters (born 1951) (birth name "Nicholas Yermakov", this is the pseudonym of "Simon Hawke")
*George MacDonald Fraser (1925-2008)
*John Masters (1914-1983)
*Katharine McMahon
*James A. Michener (1907-1997)N
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Vladimír Neff (1909-1983)
*Nerida Newton (born 1972)
*Robert Nye (born 1939)O
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Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000) (author of historicalAubrey–Maturin series )
*Scott Oden (born 1967)
*Baroness Orczy (1865-1947)P
*William Palmer
*Edith Pargeter (1913-1995)
*Elizabeth Peters (born 1927)
*Ellis Peters (1913-1995)
*Sharon Penman (born 1945)
*Anne Perry (born 1938)
*Jean Plaidy (1906-1993) (the pseudonym of "Eleanor Hibbert")
*Dudley Pope (1925-1997)
*Steven Pressfield (born 1943)
*HFM Prescott (1896-1972)
*Linda Proud (born 1949)
*Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)
*Thomas Pynchon (born 1937)R
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Charles Reade (1814-1884)
*Jaclyn Reding (born 1966)
*Mary Renault (1905-1983)
*Karl Ristikivi (1907-1970)
*Kel Richards (born 1946)
*Candace Robb (born 1950)
*Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957)
*Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942)
*Lynda Robinson (born 1951)
*Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990)
*Laura Joh Rowland
*Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948)*
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
*Romain Sardou (born 1974)
*Steven Saylor (born 1956)
*Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
*Kate Sedley (born 1926)
*Anya Seton (1904-1990)
*Tim Severin (born 1940)
*Jeffrey Shaara (born 1952)
*Michael Shaara (1928-1988)
*Samuel Shellabarger (1888-1954)
*Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)
*Wilbur Smith (born 1933) primarily known for his novels based in South Africa.
*Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
*Mary Stewart (born 1916)
*Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-1992)T
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Nigel Tranter (1909-2000)
*Geoffrey Trease (1909-1998)
*Henry Treece (1911-1966)
*Peter Tremayne (born 1943) (the pseudonym for "Peter Berresford Ellis")
*Harry Turtledove (born 1949)U-V
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Leon Uris
*Andrew Vachss
*Robert Van Gulik
*Elena Maria Vidal
*Gore Vidal W
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Jill Paton Walsh
*Sarah Waters
*Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
*Catherine Webb
*Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)
*Jay Williams
*Zikmund Winter (1846–1912)
*David Wishart
*Barbara Wood
*Richard Woodman
*Herman Wouk Y-Z
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942)
*Frank Yerby (1916-1991)
*Nicholas Yermakov (born 1951)
*Marguerite Youcenar
*Robert Clark Young (born 1960)
*Richard Zimler (born 1956)
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