14 Best historical books like The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping

Cover of The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping

The Silver Branch

By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which beg…

"Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"I simply--don't know," Flavius said, and then suddenly explosive: "I don't know and I don't care! Go to bed."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone else."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

If you liked the historical plot in The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

1. I, Juan de Pareja

By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Borton de Treviño's I, Juan de Pareja book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Great and Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett

2. The Great and Terrible Quest

By: Margaret Lovett

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to ca… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

Cover of Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Vining, Robert Lawson, Elizabeth Janet Gray

3. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gray Vining's Adam of the Road book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping

4. The Silver Branch

By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which beg… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • classics
  • childrens
  • british literature
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • roman britain
"Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"I simply--don't know," Flavius said, and then suddenly explosive: "I don't know and I don't care! Go to bed."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone els…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

Cover of Flame Over Tara by Madeleine A. Polland, Omar Davis, Madeleine Polland

5. Flame Over Tara

By: Madeleine A. Polland , Omar Davis , Madeleine Polland

3.66

Format: 320 pages,

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Similar categories in Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of Beyond the Desert Gate (Roman Empire Sequence, #4) by Mary Ray

6. Beyond the Desert Gate (Roman Empire Sequence, #4)

By: Mary Ray

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Sequel to The Ides of April. Palestine in the first century A.D. is as disturbed and divided as it … read more

Similar categories in Mary Ray's Beyond the Desert Gate (Roman Empire Sequence, #4) book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg

7. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

By: E.L. Konigsburg

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

While waiting in heaven for divine judgment to be passed on her second husband, Eleanor of Aquitain… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey

8. Black Horses for the King

By: Anne McCaffrey

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"This fast-moving historical fantasy by bestselling author Anne McCaffrey traces the beginnings of … read more

Similar categories in Anne McCaffrey's Black Horses for the King book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore Myers Jewett

9. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

By: Eleanore Myers Jewett

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee to … read more

Similar categories in Eleanore Myers Jewett's The Hidden Treasure of Glaston book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. The Ides of April (Roman Empire Sequence, #2)

By: Mary Ray

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hylas is a young Greek slave in the household of Caius Pomponius, a Roman Senator involved in polit… read more

Similar categories in Mary Ray's The Ides of April (Roman Empire Sequence, #2) book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Blackwood's The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson, Daria M. Sockey

12. God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah

By: Joanne Williamson , Daria M. Sockey

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A never-before published tale by the author of the best -selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reade… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Williamson's God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

13. A Murder for Her Majesty

By: Beth Hilgartner

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen … read more

Similar categories in Beth Hilgartner's A Murder for Her Majesty book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14. A Single Shard

By: Linda Sue Park

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more

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15. Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor (The Story of the World #1)

By: Susan Wise Bauer , Jeff West

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened t… read more

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16. The Trojan War

By: Olivia E. Coolidge

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this retelling of the Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge crafts heroes and gods into real, multidimensi… read more

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17. The Second Mrs. Gioconda

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's The Second Mrs. Gioconda book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

18. Mystery of the Roman Ransom

By: Henry Winterfeld , None , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . th… read more

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19. Master Cornhill

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old… read more

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20. The Golden Goblet

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsm… read more

Similar categories in Eloise Jarvis McGraw's The Golden Goblet book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady

21. Toliver's Secret

By: Esther Wood Brady

3.99

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When her grandfather is injured, 10-year-old Ellen Toliver replaces him on a top-secret patriotic m… read more

Similar categories in Esther Wood Brady's Toliver's Secret book and Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14 Top fiction books like The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping

Transform Your Habits

I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Silver Branch

Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

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11 best-selling fiction books like A Murder for Her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner

Transform Your Habits

I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The King's Fifth

Scott O'Dell

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Arrow Over the Door

Joseph Bruchac , James Watling

3.92

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