Hey guys, looking for fiction dealing with historical characters or events. The degree of historical accuracy can vary, I don't really mind, but I'm not looking for history books, just fiction. I'll get this started with a couple of examples and hopefully I'll get some good recs out of this. Also, no pleb shit, please.
So, my first thought is Memoirs of Hadrian, great prose, great rhythm, very introspective. Don't know how accurate it is because I know nothing about Hadrian, but the setting is pretty immersive.
Next one is The Death of Virgil, of course it's not historically accurate at all I'd say since nothing really happens, we just get to meander through Virgil's thoughts on the days prior to his death. Still, incredible book, highly recommended.
and my last rec, The Agony and The Ectsasy. Pretty solid read, though this one is loaded with dates and facts about Michelangelo's life, starting from before his birth. It gives a pretty good glimpse at the social aspect of life in those times.
If anybody knows some good historical fiction set in ancient greece, I'd highly appreciate it.
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All of Shakespeare's history plays
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The gladiators by koestler. About the Spartacus uprising. He was a Marxist who became disillusioned by communism
Latro in the Mist
only semifictional but europe central. the shostakovich and kollwitz sections are GOAT
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There's some book about Ovid in exile by David Malouf
A place of greater safety
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meant semihistorical fug im tired
>>8266119
The Da Vinci Code.
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augustus
claudius novels
wolf's hall and its sequel
mason and dixon
war and peace
It's a fictionalized biography of the life of Rimbaud. I loved it.
.caml
