18 must-read historical fiction books like Fire and Sword by Edward Marston, marston-edward

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Fire and Sword

By: Edward Marston , marston-edward

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

CAPTAIN DANIEL RAWSON'S MOST DANGEROUS ESCAPADE YET Flanders, 1707. Returning to camp from a dan…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Fire and Sword by Edward Marston, marston-edward , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, 1657, the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. No one knows where Damian Seeker originated from… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval … read more

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  • fiction
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3. The Black Friar (Damian Seeker, #2)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.38

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of the best writers of Historical crime' Sunday TimesRebellion in the city, and a Royalist spy… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.32

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

St Mary’s is back and is facing a battle to survive in this, the fourth instalment of the Chronicle… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There should be medals struck for men who produce tea at exactly the moment it's needed."

-Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4)

"Typical St Mary’s. When the chips are down we don’t whine and we don’t run – we do some damage."

-Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4)

"I personally think humans have got about as far as we can go. We're wrecking the planet. We're never short of good reasons to massacre each other. Wrong god. Wrong race. Wrong color. Wrong sex. I'm a…"

-Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4)

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5. Murder on the Lusitania (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #1)

By: Conrad Allen

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

September 1907. George Porter Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Hi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Invictus (Eagles of the Empire, #15)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A gripping, authentic and exciting novel of the Roman army from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. N… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Truly, Macro thought, the most effective weapons in Rome’s arsenal were the picks and shovels wielded by her soldiers."

-Simon Scarrow, Invictus (Eagles of the Empire, #15)

"We get what fate deals out to us, lad. And we have no choice about how we handle it.’ Cato smiled. ‘What’s this? Philosophy?’ ‘Experience, lad. Much better."

-Simon Scarrow, Invictus (Eagles of the Empire, #15)

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7. Seaflower (Kydd Sea Adventures, #3)

By: Julian Stockwin

4.15

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

The young seafaring hero Thomas Paine Kydd is back on board in Seaflower, the third installment in … read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Fire and Sword (Captain Rawson, #3)

By: Edward Marston

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Returning to camp from a dangerous solo mission behind enemy lines, career soldier Daniel Rawson fi… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Artemis (Kydd Sea Adventures, #2)

By: Julian Stockwin

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

With Kydd, Julian Stockwin introduced us to a young wig-maker from Guildford who was kidnapped and … read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Kydd (Kydd Sea Adventures, #1)

By: Julian Stockwin

3.93

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Librarian note: alternate-cover edition of 9780743214582. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker f… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Blood Crows (Eagles of the Empire, #12)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For nearly ten years, the Roman Empire has fought ceaselessly to strengthen its hold over Britannia… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Murder on the Caronia (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #4)

By: Conrad Allen

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman have met all kinds of people while sailing as ship de… read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Caronia (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #4) book and Edward Marston's Fire and Sword

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2) by Jodi Taylor

13. A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.12

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research t… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2) book and Edward Marston's Fire and Sword

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She fought off a T-rex with just a pepper spray and bad language. You couldn't be in better hands."

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"We don't do time-travel. That's for amateurs. We're not time-travellers - we're historians. We 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. so much more classy."

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"In England, the struggle between church and kings would take centuries to resolve. Interestingly, in the end, neither institution came out on top. Today, each is as powerless as the other. As people …"

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"No incident, however seemingly trivial, is unimportant in the scheme of things. One event leads to another, which triggers something else and before you know where you are, the ramifications spread f…"

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

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14. A Spoonful Of Murder (Liz, Pat and Thelma, #1)

By: J.M. Hall

3.18

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Retirement can be murder… Every Thursday, three retired school teachers have their ‘coffee o’clo… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Hall's A Spoonful Of Murder (Liz, Pat and Thelma, #1) book and Edward Marston's Fire and Sword

  • fiction
Cover of Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1) by Jim Eldridge

15. Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1)

By: Jim Eldridge

3.91

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes p… read more

Similar categories in Jim Eldridge's Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1) book and Edward Marston's Fire and Sword

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Return

By: Harry Sidebottom

4.10

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

The sensational breakout historical thriller from Sunday Times bestseller and Ancient Rome expert H… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Destroying Angel (Damian Seeker, #3) by S.G. MacLean

17. Destroying Angel (Damian Seeker, #3)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.43

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Captain Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for the rule of the major-gene… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Bear Pit (Damian Seeker, #4) by S.G. MacLean

18. The Bear Pit (Damian Seeker, #4)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.44

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1656: Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6) by Elly Griffiths

19. The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.98

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Serie… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) by Robert Thorogood

21. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) book and Edward Marston's Fire and Sword

  • fiction
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

21 Best fiction books like Fire and Sword by Edward Marston, marston-edward

Transform Your Habits

The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

S.G. MacLean

4.12

Transform Your Habits

A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)

Elly Griffiths

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Black Friar (Damian Seeker, #2)

S.G. MacLean

4.38

Transform Your Habits

A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4)

Jodi Taylor

4.32

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20 must-read fiction books like Destroying Angel (Damian Seeker, #3) by S.G. MacLean

Transform Your Habits

The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1)

Andrew Taylor

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3)

S.J. Parris

2.00

Transform Your Habits

Destroying Angel (Damian Seeker, #3)

S.G. MacLean

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

Simon Scarrow

4.25

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