16 Top historical books like The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters

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The Swift and the Harrier

By: Minette Walters

4.10

Format: 590 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history--fe…

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Cover of Kingmaker: Kingdom Come (Kingmaker, #4) by Toby Clements

1. Kingmaker: Kingdom Come (Kingmaker, #4)

By: Toby Clements

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

1470 The recent tensions between King Edward and his great ally the Earl of Warwick lie forgotten t… read more

Similar categories in Toby Clements's Kingmaker: Kingdom Come (Kingmaker, #4) book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. How Do You Want Me?

By: Ruby Wax

4.04

Format: None pages,

The autumn 2002 publication of Ruby Wax's memoirs was greeted with shock - and delighted acclaim. I… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Wax's How Do You Want Me? book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

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3. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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4. Take Two

By: Danielle Hawkins

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant, funny new novel from the bestselling, beloved Danielle Hawkins'Take Two is that rare a… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Hawkins's Take Two book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • audiobook
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5. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Shrines of Gaiety

By: Kate Atkinson

3.85

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

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7. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Queen Macbeth

By: Val McDermid

3.77

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

Shakespeare fed us the myth of the Macbeths as murderous conspirators. But now Val McDermid drags t… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Queen Macbeth book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.07

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many famili… read more

Similar categories in Philippa Gregory's Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3) book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • 17th century
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

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12. The Good Wife of Bath

By: Karen Brooks

4.20

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

In the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary cla… read more

Similar categories in Karen Brooks's The Good Wife of Bath book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I've always said, never trust a person without brows, a maxim that has proven true on more than one occasion."

-Karen Brooks, The Good Wife of Bath

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13. The Darkest Shore

By: Karen Brooks

4.07

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The independent women of Scotland stand up to a witch hunt, male fury and the power of the Church i… read more

Similar categories in Karen Brooks's The Darkest Shore book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters

14. The Swift and the Harrier

By: Minette Walters

4.10

Format: 590 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history--fe… read more

Similar categories in Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • 17th century
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. The Smallest Man

By: Frances Quinn

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

‘I want you to remember something, Nat. You’re small on the outside. But inside you’re as big as ev… read more

Similar categories in Frances Quinn's The Smallest Man book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Angel of Waterloo

By: Jackie French

4.26

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Jackie French The soldiers she saved called her t… read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's The Angel of Waterloo book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Radio Hour

By: Victoria Purman

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the gold… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Purman's The Radio Hour book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Too many women kept too many secrets. For too long, women had buried their ambitions and their intelligence, succumbed to the law of the land made by men, and put up with behaviour and situations no …"

-Victoria Purman, The Radio Hour

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18. Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story

By: Jools Topp

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words. … read more

Similar categories in Jools Topp's Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • adult
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19. The Cane

By: Maryrose Cuskelly

3.55

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

ONE MISSING GIRL. NO SUSPECTS. A TOWN ABOUT TO IGNITE. Quala, a North Queensland sugar town, t… read more

Similar categories in Maryrose Cuskelly's The Cane book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Understudy

By: Julie Bennett

3.81

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Immersed in the underbelly of the theatre world in the gritty streets of Sydney in 1973, this addic… read more

Similar categories in Julie Bennett's The Understudy book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • romance
  • adult
  • historical fiction
"We think we are in control of our own lives, but more often than not, someone else is pulling the strings."

-Julie Bennett, The Understudy

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21. The Space Between

By: Lauren Keenan

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping historical novel set amidst the New Zealand Wars in 1860. How do you choose between t… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Keenan's The Space Between book and Minette Walters's The Swift and the Harrier

  • historical
  • historical fiction

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3.94

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Kate Atkinson

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3.83

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Sebastian Barry

3.85

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