20 best-selling historical fiction books like Of Blood Descended (Anthony Blanke Mysteries #1) by Steven Veerapen

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Of Blood Descended (Anthony Blanke Mysteries #1)

By: Steven Veerapen

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp, Henry VIII’s court welcomes the Imperial emperor, Charles V. Antho…

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1. Railway to the Grave

By: Edward Marston

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Tragedy strikes close to the Detective Department when an old army friend of Superintendent Tallis … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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2. Imperium (Cicero, #1)

By: Robert Harris

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified… read more

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  • historical fiction
"What a terrible audit Death lays upon a man."

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

"Few subjects make more tedious reading than happiness."

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

"Since when has idiocy been a bar to advancement in politics?"

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

"Tak usah cemas, akan banyak waktu untuk tidur setelah kita mati."

-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)

3. The Bones of Avalon

By: Phil Rickman

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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4. Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's summertime in the Granite city: the sun is shining, the sky is blue, & people are dying. It st… read more

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5. 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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  • mystery
  • 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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6. The Dead of Winter

By: Stuart MacBride

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It was supposed to be an easy job.All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dyi… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21) by L.J. Ross

7. Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)

By: L.J. Ross

4.64

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE...When the body of a talented photographer is found on the r… read more

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  • mystery
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8. A Thief’s Justice (Company of Rogues #2)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.35

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice cold… The city is caught in the vice-like grip o… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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9. The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)

By: Elodie Harper

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy Amara's journe… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. Disobedient

By: Elizabeth Fremantle

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I'll show you what a woman can do . . . Rome 1611. A jewel-bright place of change, with sumpt… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. April in Spain (Quirke, #8)

By: John Banville

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Booker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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12. The Curator (Washington Poe, #3)

By: M.W. Craven

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It's Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange mess… read more

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  • mystery
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13. Miss Austen

By: Gill Hornby

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the… read more

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  • historical fiction
"To surrender one's books, well: it is to surrender part of one's soul."

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

"Oh, marriage!' Jane retorted. 'Marriage! Always the excuse for all failures of character. One does so long for it to bring some improvements, but more often it appears the root cause of all poor beha…"

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

"Well ...' Cassie thought for a moment, and found she could not disagree. 'I suppose she is very happy to be married to James. And, perhaps, for the moment, yes, a little ... bumptious with it.' Jane …"

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

"Was I terribly rude?' It was almost as if she might care a jot. 'Yes! You were frightful!' Cassy tugged at her locks playfully. 'As rude as I was to Mr Blackall?' 'No,' Cassy conceded, laughing. 'Nob…"

-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

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14. 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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15. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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16. The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5)

By: M.W. Craven

4.55

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

'I swear I'm one bad mood away from calling it black magic and going home . . .' Detective Serge… read more

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  • mystery
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17. The Herbalist's Secret

By: Annabelle Marx

4.13

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Two small lifeless bodies lay on the sand, arms carefully placed by their sides. On the other side … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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18. 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 fiction
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19. Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo #3)

By: D.V. Bishop

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Florence. Summer, 1538.A night patrol finds a rich merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s mai… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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20. The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova

By: Ruth Hogan

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things--an uplifting, slightly mag… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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21. The Apple and the Tree

By: Clemmie Bennett

3.88

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

‘I could hardly put it down.’ Reader review ‘Impressive debut novel.’ Reader review ‘I was immedi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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23. The Safe Place (DCI Boyd, #5)

By: Alex Scarrow

4.53

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The restoration of an old costal defense tower is halted when work starts on the flooded basement, … read more

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  • mystery
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24. A Divine Fury (Cesare Aldo, #4)

By: D.V. Bishop

4.43

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Florence. Autumn, 1539. Cesare Aldo was once an officer for the city’s most feared criminal cour… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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25. The Governor's Man (A Quintus Valerius Mystery #1)

By: Jacquie Rogers

4.40

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Roman Britain. 224AD. When silver from the Emperor’s mines goes missing, Roman Imperial Inves… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. A Snare of Deceit: Elizabethan espionage and intrigue (Tom Walsingham Mysteries Book 5)

By: C.P. Giuliani

4.40

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Another twisting espionage thriller at the Tudor court! For fans of Rory Clements, S J Parris, S W … read more

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27. Of Blood Descended (Anthony Blanke Mysteries #1)

By: Steven Veerapen

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp, Henry VIII’s court welcomes the Imperial emperor, Charles V. Antho… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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28. A Gentleman of Unreliable Honor (The Lord Julian Mysteries #6)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.58

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

He's cheated death... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned by his estranged mother to search for ol… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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29. Midnight and Blue (An Inspector Rebus, #25)

By: Ian Rankin

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals behind bars.Now,… read more

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  • mystery
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30. Agony in Amethyst (Harriet Gordon #5)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.55

Format: 397 pages, ebook

An important visitor casts a shadow of darkness and death over Singapore. Harriet Gordon, newly … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction

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Edward Marston

3.00

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Robert Harris

4.07

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3.81

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Joy Ellis

4.30

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4.35

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