20 Top historical fiction books like Clairmont by Lesley McDowell

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Clairmont

By: Lesley McDowell

3.55

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Geneva. They always come back to it, somehow. They're the only ones who know what took place ther…

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1. 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 Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. 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 Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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3. The House of Mirrors

By: Erin Kelly

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

One of them has killed before. One of them will kill again. In the sweltering summer of 1997, s… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kelly's The House of Mirrors book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • adult
  • fiction
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4. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Tower

By: Flora Carr

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more

Similar categories in Flora Carr's The Tower book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook

6. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

By: Lizzie Pook

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Pook's Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Painter's Daughters

By: Emily Howes

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more

Similar categories in Emily Howes's The Painter's Daughters book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Secrets of Blythswood Square

By: Sara Sheridan

4.19

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

You wouldn't suspect it, but scandalous secrets are being kept on Blythswood Square... 1846. Glasg… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sheridan's The Secrets of Blythswood Square book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Upon a Frosted Star

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When the snow falls, she will be free… The invitations always arrive the same way – without warn… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Upon a Frosted Star book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"...magic does not belong solely to the young."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"...all I want, all I could ever need, is you."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"A life was so fragile, spun from magic impossible to understand..."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

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10. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Book of Secrets

By: Anna Mazzola

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it t… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Book of Secrets book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Medea

By: Rosie Hewlett

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned … read more

Similar categories in Rosie Hewlett's Medea book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I hate him for infecting me with this love I have carried for so long – I wish I could remove it, sever it from me like an infected limb."

-Rosie Hewlett, Medea

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14. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Shadow Key

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or… read more

Similar categories in Susan Stokes-Chapman's The Shadow Key book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Puzzle Wood

By: Rosie Andrews

3.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the woods, something is stirring. When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a posit… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Puzzle Wood book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. The King's Witches

By: Kate Foster

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The King's Witches book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The King’s Mother

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.49

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's The King’s Mother book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Clairmont by Lesley McDowell

20. Clairmont

By: Lesley McDowell

3.55

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Geneva. They always come back to it, somehow. They're the only ones who know what took place ther… read more

Similar categories in Lesley McDowell's Clairmont book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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21. Costanza

By: Rachel Blackmore

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Rome, 1636. History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman. This is her story. In the scorche… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Blackmore's Costanza book and Lesley McDowell's Clairmont

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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4.00

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