9 Best historical fiction books like Flashman and the Zulus (Adventures of Thomas Flashman) by Robert Brightwell

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Flashman and the Zulus (Adventures of Thomas Flashman)

By: Robert Brightwell

4.38

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

While many people have heard of the battle at Rorke’s Drift, (featured in the film Zulu) and the on…

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1. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250 Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, … read more

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  • historical fiction
"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth …"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

Cover of Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6) by Bernard Cornwell

2. Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In 1809, Napoleon's army sweeps across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the… read more

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  • historical fiction
"I could tell you tales of priestly behavior that would make you shudder."

-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

"– Помните ту ночь, в крепости? – В голосе Луизы звучала мольба, словно для девушки было чрезвычайно важно, чтобы Шарп ее понял. – Помните? Когда дон Блас показал нам хоругвь и рассказал легенду о пос…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

Cover of Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (The Flashman Papers, #10) by George MacDonald Fraser

3. Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (The Flashman Papers, #10)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

3.77

Format: 341 pages,

From George MacDonald Fraser (whom Kingsley Amis has called 'a marvelous reporter and a first-rate … read more

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  • historical fiction
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4. Beat to Quarters

By: C.S. Forester

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty h… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The First Wave (Billy Boyle World War II, #2) by James R. Benn

5. The First Wave (Billy Boyle World War II, #2)

By: James R. Benn

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lieutenant Billy Boyle reluctantly accompanies Major Samuel Harding, his boss, in the first boat to… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

6. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

By: Jared Diamond

3.93

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of … read more

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"...neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency."

-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

"History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency."

-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

"[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs."

-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

"The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder skyscrapers of the 1880s."

-Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Cover of Silencer (Nick Stone, #15) by Andy McNab

7. Silencer (Nick Stone, #15)

By: Andy McNab

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Audio CD

1993: Under deep cover, Nick Stone and a specialist surveillance team have spent weeks in the jungl… read more

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8. Ulysses Found

By: Ernle Bradford

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ernle Bradford is a great historian of the Mediterranean and its peoples. He served in the Royal Na… read more

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9. Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II

By: George MacDonald Fraser

4.14

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

George MacDonald Fraser—beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels—offers an action-packe… read more

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". . . what is thought now, and held to be universal truth, was not thought then, or true of that time."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II

"Fortunately for the world my generation didn't suffer from spiritual hypochondria - but then, we couldn't afford it. By modern standards, I'm sure we, like the whole population who endured the war, w…"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II

"It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talk…"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II

10. Jackdaws

By: Ken Follett

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needleand The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett once again… read more

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11. Flashman on the March (The Flashman Papers, #12)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

It's 1868 and Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., arch-cad, amorist, cold-headed soldier, and reluctant hero,… read more

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12. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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13. The Gun Ketch (Alan Lewrie, #5)

By: Dewey Lambdin

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's 1786 and Alan Lewrie has his own ship at last, the Alacrity. Small but deadly, the Alacrity pr… read more

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14. Flashman and the Tiger (The Flashman Papers, #11)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

For the first time in four years comes a new book in George MacDonald Fraser's long-running series … read more

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15. Flashman and the Redskins (The Flashman Papers, #7)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

5.00

Format: 30 pages,

Celebrated Victorian bounder, cad, and lecher, Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., returns to play his (reluc… read more

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16. The King's Coat (Alan Lewrie, #1)

By: Dewey Lambdin

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The very first Alan Lewrie naval adventure in this classic series is now back in print! 1780: Seven… read more

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17. Windrush (Jack Windrush Book 1)

By: Malcolm Archibald

3.96

Format: 332 pages,

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Cover of Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14) by Bernard Cornwell

18. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Armored (Armored, #1) by Mark Greaney

19. Armored (Armored, #1)

By: Mark Greaney

4.37

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

A novel inspired by #1 New York Times best-selling author Mark Greaney’s Audible Original drama, Ar… read more

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20. Warrior and Protector (The Saxon Warrior, #1)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.36

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

989 AD. Alfred the Great’s dream of a united England has been forged by his daughter Aethelfaed … read more

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Cover of Kemp: Warriors in the Snow (Arrows of Albion #6) by Jonathan Lunn

21. Kemp: Warriors in the Snow (Arrows of Albion #6)

By: Jonathan Lunn

4.04

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

1356. Burnt Candlemas. King Edward III invades Scotland in the dead of winter to punish the Scots f… read more

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22. The Inventor's Tomb: A Page-Turning Archaeological Thriller (Sean Wyatt Historical Mysteries Book 23)

By: Ernest Dempsey

4.56

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME LEGENDS ARE TOO POWERFUL TO UNCOVERArtifact recovery specialists Sean Wyatt and Tommy Schultz … read more

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23. Winter World (The Long Winter, #1)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.16

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

A new ice age... and a shocking discovery...will change humanity forever.In the near future, a new … read more

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24. Blood Debt (Victor the Assassin, #11)

By: Tom Wood

4.41

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

They want an eye for an eye. He'll fight until the last drop is spilled.The incredible latest novel… read more

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Cover of Rogue Asset (Alex Reeve #2) by Andy McDermott

25. Rogue Asset (Alex Reeve #2)

By: Andy McDermott

4.20

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

EVERY OPERATIVE KNOWS THE RULES. The mission comes first. You are a deniable asset. Betrayal i… read more

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26. The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Gorky Park and Tatiana comes a breathtaking new novel… read more

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"The one thing that stung Zhenya was the insinuation that he ducked the best players, "Anyone I play it's their choice," Zhenya said. "I can't help it if I'm better than they are. Sometimes I play a r…"

-Martin Cruz Smith, The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

Cover of House on Fire (Nick Heller #4) by Joseph Finder

27. House on Fire (Nick Heller #4)

By: Joseph Finder

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder's electrifying new thriller, private investigato… read more

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28. Cremains (Cremains #1)

By: Rob Johnson

3.95

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Seeing an elderly woman crushed to death under a baby grand piano is not the best start to anyone’s… read more

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29. The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax (Jonathon Fairfax, #1)

By: Christopher Shevlin

3.79

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

"You can't help being tickled" - The Guardian "Not many books make me laugh out loud, but The Pe… read more

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"Well, I've got tomorrow morning off, so I thought I might spend that thinking about her. Basically, my plan is to maybe just romantically obsess over her but not really do anything about it."

-Christopher Shevlin, The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax (Jonathon Fairfax, #1)

Cover of Flashman and the Zulus (Adventures of Thomas Flashman) by Robert Brightwell

30. Flashman and the Zulus (Adventures of Thomas Flashman)

By: Robert Brightwell

4.38

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

While many people have heard of the battle at Rorke’s Drift, (featured in the film Zulu) and the on… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Brethren (Foundation of the Dragon Series, #1) by Robb Pritchard

31. Brethren (Foundation of the Dragon Series, #1)

By: Robb Pritchard

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Cadwal, a widowed Celtic warrior is a dedicated father raising his children in his mountain strongh… read more

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  • historical fiction

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