19 best-selling historical books like Iron Queen (Shakespeare's Queens #3) by Joanna Courtney

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Iron Queen (Shakespeare's Queens #3)

By: Joanna Courtney

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

She is their youngest, sweetest sister, yet she is fated to become their strongest leader... The…

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1. The Children of Jocasta

By: Natalie Haynes

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents... Jocasta is just… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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2. Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

King Henry V - the great Lion of England - is long dead. In 1437, after years of regency, the pious… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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3. The Phantom Tree

By: Nicola Cornick

3.54

Format: None pages,

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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4. The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of M… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction

5. The Canterbury Tales

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more

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6. Time and Chance (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #2)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all … read more

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7. The Silent Companions

By: Laura Purcell

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country e… read more

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8. The Furies

By: Natalie Haynes

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

When you open up, who will you let in? When Alex Morris loses her fiance in dreadful circumstances,… read more

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9. The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Caught between loyalties, the mother of the Tudors must choose between the red rose and the white. … read more

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10. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

By: James Runcie

3.92

Format: 336 pages,

Sidney Chambers, the Vicar of Grantchester, is a thirty-two year old bachelor. Sidney is an unconve… read more

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11. Shadow on the Crown (The Emma of Normandy Trilogy #1)

By: Patricia Bracewell

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen In 1002, fifteen--y… read more

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12. The Birth of Venus

By: Sarah Dunant

4.32

Format: 80 pages,

Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young… read more

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13. The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)

By: Alison Weir

4.03

Format: 593 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of t… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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14. One August Night

By: Victoria Hislop

3.74

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

*THE FIGURINE, the brand-new novel from Victoria Hislop, is available to order now.*'Excellent as… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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15. Daughters of Night

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.17

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shephe… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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16. 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

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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17. The Lady of the Loch

By: Elena Collins

4.41

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Although I believe I will die here in this castle, my spirit will never be silent.’ Ravenscraig C… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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18. The Last White Rose (Tudor Rose #1)

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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19. 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

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
"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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20. The Birdcage

By: Eve Chase

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Kat, Flora and Lauren are half-sisters who share a famous artist father - and a terrible secret. … read more

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  • historical fiction
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21. Mothers and Daughters

By: Erica James

4.31

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Even happy families have their secrets… Since the sudden death of her husband, Naomi has steadil… read more

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22. A Marriage of Fortune

By: Anne O'Brien

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

England, 1469. As the War of the Roses rages on, Margaret Paston knows that there is only one way t… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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23. Hera

By: Jennifer Saint

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helped her brother Zeus to overthr… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
"She has been alone for a very long time."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"But as he looms over her, blocking out the sky, it seems that he is everything in the world, that he is bigger than that sky. He is too immense and too strong. There is nothing that Hera, the warrior…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without her. She can slip away from the tethers of wh…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

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24. Sin Eater

By: Megan Campisi

3.61

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

For the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
"It's always women who eat sins, since it was Eve who first ate a sin: the Forbidden Fruit."

-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater

"The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard The Sin Eater Walks Among Us."

-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater

"With how you came into the world and what you've seen lately you should know, the more you live, the more the sinner and the saint can't be pulled apart. All of us just getting by."

-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater

"Don’t I know by now that folk see their sins in the way they choose? There’s always a reason as to why selfishness is not really selfish and crimes are honest and waiting safely by while somefolk els…"

-Megan Campisi, Sin Eater

Cover of The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge (Rachel Savernake #3) by Martin Edwards

25. The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge (Rachel Savernake #3)

By: Martin Edwards

3.64

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge is a complexly layered mystery perfect for fans of impossible myster… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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26. Queen Hereafter

By: Isabelle Schuler

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“Suspenseful, atmospheric and full of twists and turns, I loved the brutal, backstabbing world that… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Pen Dipped in Poison (Liz, Pat and Thelma, #2) by J.M.   Hall

27. A Pen Dipped in Poison (Liz, Pat and Thelma, #2)

By: J.M. Hall

3.32

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Signed. Sealed. Dead? Retired schoolteachers Liz, Pat and Thelma never expected they would be ca… read more

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28. Argo (Blades of Bronze, #1)

By: Mark Knowles

3.38

Format: 629 pages, Paperback

An action-filled retelling of the famous Greek myth, Jason and the Golden Fleece, brilliantly reima… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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29. If My Words Had Wings

By: Danielle Jawando

4.49

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A life affirming story of rehabilitation and hope after prison. The third novel from the prize-winn… read more

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30. Iron Queen (Shakespeare's Queens #3)

By: Joanna Courtney

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

She is their youngest, sweetest sister, yet she is fated to become their strongest leader... The… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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31. The Figurine

By: Victoria Hislop

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction

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