10 must-read historical fiction books like Flashman and the Red Baron (Flashback Book 2) by Paul Moore

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Flashman and the Red Baron (Flashback Book 2)

By: Paul Moore

3.98

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

April 1917. Bloody April, when the life expectancy of a pilot reduced to 17 days, Flashman finds hi…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Flashman and the Red Baron (Flashback Book 2) by Paul Moore , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Night Manager

By: John Le Carré

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington an unholy alliance operates between the intelli… read more

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2. Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the countr… read more

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  • historical fiction

3. Charlie Smithers: Adventures Downunder (The Charlie Smithers Collection, #3)

By: C.W. Lovatt

3.33

Format: None pages,

Flashman never experienced anything like this, not even remotely! Whether it's because of his gift … read more

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4. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more

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5. Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire (Gabriel Hunt, #4)

By: Gabriel Hunt , Christa Faust

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mission to Antarctica to find a missing scientist takes a shocking turn when Gabriel Hunt and the… read more

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6. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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  • historical fiction
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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7. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.39

Format: 759 pages, Paperback

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more

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  • historical fiction
"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

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8. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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9. 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
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10. The Lion (The Golden Age #1)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ancient Greece, 5th century BC The age of myths and legends has given way to the world of men. I… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. Storm of War (The Saxon Warrior, #2)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.45

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men… 990AD. King Aethelred II, w… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Extinction

By: Douglas Preston

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, … read more

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"If something can be done, it will be done-no matter how dangerous."

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan, in Extinction by Douglas Preston"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"You actually think we want to be like you? You Sapiens, with your bleak and apocalyptic history? What a grim and self-loathing species you are! Look at what you worship as progress. The agricultural …"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

13. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

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14. The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which include… read more

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"This heavy, grass-loving dog,"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"He who leaps at the moon Into cowshyte falls. Glory unto cowshyte!"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"When listening for danger, one must never mistake silence for safety."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"Funny how an attack by a sea monster makes everyone less interested in a duel."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

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15. The Harbour (Cumbria Crime Book 1)

By: Rachel McLean

4.45

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Zoe Finch has a lot on her plate. New job, new team, new county. And on day one, she’s plunged … read more

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16. Cage of Souls

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.13

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

The Sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all citi… read more

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"He'll be my catamite."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Living in a cage teaches you helplessness."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"When surrounded by ignorance, the educated man can get away with anything."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Even the simplest plans go wrong, especially when put together by the simplest people."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

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17. Deadly Christmas (Detective Zoe Finch #7)

By: Rachel McLean

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Christmas in Birmingham means the Frankfurt Christmas Market. Loved and hated by brummies in equal … read more

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18. I'll Stop the World

By: Lauren Thoman

3.99

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

The end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of f… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. Deadly Choices (Detective Zoe Finch, #2)

By: Rachel McLean

4.41

Format: 400 pages, ebook

'You get one of your children back. Your choice.' When Alison Osman takes her children on a tri… read more

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20. Deadly Fallout (Detective Zoe Finch #6)

By: Rachel McLean

4.56

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

A corrupt detective found dead... a senior officer with links to organised crime... and a former co… read more

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21. Deadly Desires (Detective Zoe Finch #3)

By: Rachel McLean

4.44

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

A vicious killer... a race against time. When two men are found mutilated in Birmingham's gay vi… read more

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22. UFO Down

By: D.C. Alden

4.21

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Over the skies of war-torn Germany, Harry Wakefield faces a terrible choice - jump from his cripple… read more

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23. 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
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24. Assignment Sudan

By: Robert Brightwell

4.63

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

The expedition to rescue General Gordon from the Sudan must be the most extraordinary military ende… read more

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25. Assignment Paris

By: Robert Brightwell

4.53

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

This book introduces a new central character, fledgling war correspondent, Thomas Harrison. Readers… read more

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26. The Hundred Years War: A History from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.16

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable history of The Hundred Years War... Free BONUS Inside! The Hundred Years’ … read more

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27. Flashman's Winter (Adventures of Thomas Flashman)

By: Robert Brightwell

4.15

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

This book fills in two gaps in Flashman’s career, hitherto uncovered by his memoirs. The bulk of th… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Flashman and the Red Baron (Flashback Book 2) by Paul Moore

28. Flashman and the Red Baron (Flashback Book 2)

By: Paul Moore

3.98

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

April 1917. Bloody April, when the life expectancy of a pilot reduced to 17 days, Flashman finds hi… read more

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Cover of The Red Admiral's Secret: The laugh out loud murder mystery (Poynter + Perry book 2) by Matthew Ross

29. The Red Admiral's Secret: The laugh out loud murder mystery (Poynter + Perry book 2)

By: Matthew Ross

4.40

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

A Premier League bad-boy murdered at his newly refurbished home; a teenage runaway's corpse uncover… read more

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30. Flashman Rides Again

By: Charles Pack

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Roly Flashman, aged seventy, lives in his comfortable apartment at Westridge, a retirement complex … read more

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31. Charlie Smithers: Adventures in The Great White North (The Charlie Smithers Collection Book 5)

By: C.W. Lovatt

4.79

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve years after Charlie’s last adventure, we find that walking disaster, Lord Brampton, has been… read more

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