18 must-read historical fiction books like Shadows on the Sun by Terri Beckett

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Shadows on the Sun

By: Terri Beckett

4.14

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

This novel explores what might have been if Richard III had won the battle of Bosworth and defeated…

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Cover of The Princes in the Tower : Cold Case Re-opened by Mark Garber

1. The Princes in the Tower : Cold Case Re-opened

By: Mark Garber

3.65

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

For centuries one great historical mystery has been capturing the imaginations of the world – the f… read more

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2. The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III’s Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds

By: None , Philippa Langley

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length book about the discover of Richard III's remains by the person who led the ar… read more

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3. The Lost King: Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

By: Alison Prince

2.62

Format: 224 pages,

Edward IV has died, leaving his 12-year-old son as king. But England has been torn apart by the War… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Plantagenet Mystery (Wynderbury Mysteries Book 1) by Victoria Prescott

4. The Plantagenet Mystery (Wynderbury Mysteries Book 1)

By: Victoria Prescott

4.48

Format: 252 pages,

Historian Rob Tyler finds himself involved in a mystery which has its origins in the times of the c… read more

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5. White Rose Turned to Blood (We Speak No Treason, #2)

By: Rosemary Hawley Jarman

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

As Edward IV lay on his deathbed, he had no knowledge of the dark conspiracy which was to surround … read more

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  • historical fiction

6. The Flowering of the Rose (We Speak No Treason, #1)

By: Rosemary Hawley Jarman

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this superb novel, as spell-binding as any tale of high adventure, but firmly based upon contemp… read more

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7. By Loyalty Bound

By: Elizabeth Ashworth

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With the scant remains of Richard III lifted recently from such humble soil, Elizabeth Ashworth pre… read more

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8. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

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Cover of THE GOOD QUEEN: MATILDA OF SCOTLAND, WIFE OF HENRY I (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 11) by J.P. Reedman

9. THE GOOD QUEEN: MATILDA OF SCOTLAND, WIFE OF HENRY I (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 11)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Daughter of a Scottish king and an Anglo-Saxon princess, Edith is sent to her Aunt Cristina, the Ab… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. Cecily

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Rebellion?" The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. White Rose, Dark Summer (The Wars of the Roses Quartet Book 2)

By: Eleanor Fairburn

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dublin, Ireland, 1449Sent to virtual exile in Ireland, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and his be… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. The Rose at Harvest End (The Wars of the Roses Quartet Book 3)

By: Eleanor Fairburn

4.38

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

London, England, 1461The handsome young heir of the House of York has wrested power from Lancaster,… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Fireside Chat with Anne Neville (Fallen white rose of York Book 1) by Lily  LaRose

13. Fireside Chat with Anne Neville (Fallen white rose of York Book 1)

By: Lily LaRose

1.75

Format: 12 pages, Kindle Edition

fictional short story as a conversation between reader and Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, last … read more

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14. Winter's Rose (The Wars of the Roses Quartet Book 4)

By: Eleanor Fairburn

4.39

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

London, England, 1483King Edward IV is dead, plunging England into chaos. His brother Richard rides… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, THE PREQUEL, PART THREE: CROWN IN EXILE (I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET PREQUEL Book 3)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.20

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

October 1470. King Edward IV is forced into exile when Warwick the Kingmaker decides to unmake the … read more

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16. All Hallows in Middleham: A Story of Richard lll and his son Edward (Wars of the Roses Short Story)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.07

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

All Hallows Eve comes to the town of Middleham in a swirl of autumnal leaves and bonfire smoke. You… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Adventure of the Bloody Tower: Dr. John Watson's First Case by Donald MacLachlan

17. The Adventure of the Bloody Tower: Dr. John Watson's First Case

By: Donald MacLachlan

3.88

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The year is 1883. Holmes and Watson are apart, and their curiosity is running rife... In Oxford Dr… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Other Margaret Beaufort

By: J.P. Reedman

4.22

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

In 15th century England, there are two cousins, both the daughters of dukes, both widowed young, bo… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. I, Richard Plantagenet: the Prequel Part Two: A Vous Me Lie: I, Richard Plantagenet Prequel Book 2

By: J.P. Reedman

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

A Vous Me Lie—I am Bound to You. (An early motto found in a book of Richard of Gloucester, later Ki… read more

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Cover of Princess in the Police Station: A Tale of Little Anne Mowbray (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 12) by J.P. Reedman

20. Princess in the Police Station: A Tale of Little Anne Mowbray (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 12)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.26

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

1964, Workmen digging on a bombsite in London uncover a hidden vault containing a lead coffin. The … read more

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  • historical fiction
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21. The Protector

By: Kathleen M. Kelley

3.50

Format: None pages, None

As one of the most enigmatic and most reviled kings in English history, the man who will become Ric… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. Shadows on the Sun

By: Terri Beckett

4.14

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

This novel explores what might have been if Richard III had won the battle of Bosworth and defeated… read more

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  • alternate history
  • historical fiction
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23. Crouchback

By: Carola Oman

3.25

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

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24. KING RICHARD'S BONES: A royal ghost story featuring Richard III

By: Elizabeth Aston

3.88

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

King Richard’s BonesSince when have Kings of England been buried in Leicester?“Here we go again,” s… read more

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25. Treachery at Bosworth Field 1485

By: Harry J. Tomkinson

2.11

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Richard III by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland. England has gone through years … read more

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Cover of Loyalty Binds Me (Richard III in the 21st-century) by Joan Szechtman

26. Loyalty Binds Me (Richard III in the 21st-century)

By: Joan Szechtman

3.46

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

While on a pilgrimage to London to visit his first wife, Anne’s tomb in Westminster Abbey, Richard … read more

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  • historical fiction
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27. The King's Son

By: Darren Harris

4.43

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

A life changing secret propels Richard of Eastwell into the centre of a bitter power struggle betwe… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Birth of a Prince (Wars of the Roses Short Story) by J.P. Reedman

28. Birth of a Prince (Wars of the Roses Short Story)

By: J.P. Reedman

3.75

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

King Henry VI falls ill at Clarendon Palace after learning of great military losses in France. He f… read more

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  • historical fiction
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29. The Solace of the Common People

By: Angela K. Smith

4.11

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Suppose Richard III won at Bosworth…Suppose six hundred years later his legacy still shapes English… read more

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30. Sacred King: Richard III (Wars of the Roses Short Story)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.25

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

SACRED KING, a historical fantasy novella about King Richard III, the battle of Bosworth, and its a… read more

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  • historical fiction
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31. Distant Echoes: Richard III Speaks!

By: Joanne R. Larner

4.37

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

A new, innovative invention. The DNA of a mediaeval king. Put them together and the past comes to l… read more

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  • historical fiction

11 Top historical fiction books like Distant Echoes: Richard III Speaks! by Joanne R. Larner

Transform Your Habits

The Godmother's Secret: The Mystery of the Missing Princes in the Tower

Elizabeth St. John

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Captive of the King (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 4)

G. Lawrence

4.44

Transform Your Habits

False Mistress

Amy Licence

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Cecily

Annie Garthwaite

4.11

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