The Essentials of Historical Fiction!

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @thespaminator
    @thespaminator Рік тому +42

    These are the best types of videos that you do. This seems to be your niche. No one does this better than you.

  • @laracroft1829
    @laracroft1829 Рік тому +17

    Here is the list Steve mentioned on the video.
    1.Aubrey and Maturin novels - Patrick O'Brian
    2. The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat
    3. Dear and Glorious Physician - Taylor Caldwell
    4. Entered from the Sun - George Garrett
    5. Epitaph - Mary Doria Russell
    6. Forever Amber - Kathleen Windsor
    7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo
    8. I, Claudius and Claudius the God - Robert Graves
    9. Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
    10. The Journeyer - Gary Jennings
    11. Julian - Gore Vidal
    12. The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
    13. Kristin Lavransdatter - Sigrid Undset
    14. Lyman Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett
    15. Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa
    16. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
    17. The Persian Boy - Mary Renault
    18. The Thin Red Line - James Jones
    19. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
    20. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
    21. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

    • @sarap8003
      @sarap8003 7 місяців тому +3

      Thank you!
      #14 for who's interested are the Lymond Chronicles :)

  • @rasmus7493
    @rasmus7493 Рік тому +15

    I just want to thank you for these "Essentials" lists. They either reveal books to me that I have never heard of, or give me a push to pick up books I really should have read a while ago. I just ordered "The once and future king" due to the fantasy list. Keep making them!

  • @nathanfoung2347
    @nathanfoung2347 Рік тому +4

    It made my heart sing that "Musashi" made your list. 😊

  • @juliealvar4587
    @juliealvar4587 Рік тому +4

    Fantastic video! Loved the choices, especially Epitaph, Forever Amber, and Kristin Lavransdatter. Could do a list of 50 and it would not be too much.

  • @frabousie
    @frabousie Рік тому +4

    Fascinating list. I've read quite a few-- The Killer Angles by your recommendation-- and immensely enjoyed reminiscing with you. I would have loved to hear your thoughts on George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series.

  • @pl566
    @pl566 Рік тому +3

    My favorite part of this video was your comments on "The Name of the Rose". I don't DNF many books, but I just never could get into it. That was many years ago and I still hear praises for the book, but I'm glad to hear that it may be a challenge for others also.

  • @patriciah8579
    @patriciah8579 Рік тому +1

    I recently picked up a copy of Julian at a library book sale. Read it and loved it!

  • @johnford6967
    @johnford6967 5 днів тому

    Read Twenty Years After. The follow up to The Three Musketeers- Oh my!

  • @DuaneJasper
    @DuaneJasper Рік тому +1

    Brilliantly presented, fascining list. Have only read the Graves and the Eco..

  • @materiagrix
    @materiagrix Рік тому

    Very reaffirming to see The Name of the Rose recommended for the third time in your channel when I am finally doing a read along of it with Randy!

  • @toniblessing4624
    @toniblessing4624 Рік тому +2

    Brilliant!! Thank you, Steve. ❤

  • @B00kMaidenMandy
    @B00kMaidenMandy 5 місяців тому

    We're still going to need that chronological list of BEST historical fiction through the ages 😊 pleeeeeease?? Obviously you can't include them all- just some of your favorites

  • @nickpiccirilli4278
    @nickpiccirilli4278 Рік тому +1

    I saw your comment yelling at MKV and my first thought was that I hope we get an essentials list now.

  • @kathleenbrady9916
    @kathleenbrady9916 Рік тому +3

    Would you mind listing your recommendations Steve as it's sometimes hard to hear you or see the screen that the book is displayed on. Also, some that you clearly have on your Kindles are not available on Amazon in that form...do you have another supplier?

  • @Paromita_M
    @Paromita_M Рік тому

    Wonderful video, thank you. 🙏🏽
    The Name of the Rose is an all-time favourite.
    I have failed so many times to "get" Wolf Hall. 😭 I really want to but it continues to evade me.
    Lymond Chronicles is my ultimate fear and the one I want to read.

  • @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
    @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Рік тому

    Lots of books to read. The only ones I have read are The Cruel Sea, The Name of the Rose and Wolf Hall, all of which I would agree are excellent reads.

  • @chynakat
    @chynakat Рік тому +1

    I'm glad to see both George Garrett and Dorothy Dunnett on this list. Have you read The Luck of Huemac by Dan Peters? It's a novel about a diplomat and athlete toward the end of the Aztec empire.

  • @brittabohlerthesecondshelf
    @brittabohlerthesecondshelf Рік тому +2

    Books set in the 1960ies are historical fiction. Man, I'm old.

  • @derekgreen7319
    @derekgreen7319 Рік тому

    You might mention this series, but i really like the accursed kings by Maurice Duron

  • @Ahnor1989
    @Ahnor1989 Рік тому +1

    Most of those I already read or at least bought based on your recommendation. Do you hear my wallet cry for mercy whenever you upload a video?

  • @duffypratt
    @duffypratt Рік тому

    Great list. Will be coming back to it. I’m a little surprised not to see Hornblower, or any Bernard Cornwall. Love that you talked about Dunnett, though I prefer the House of Niccolo to the Lymond books.

  • @marymansson2085
    @marymansson2085 Рік тому +1

    My cousin smuggled out my Aunt's copy of Forever Amber. I was maybe 12 yrs old. I had few questions about the facts of life after reading.

  • @perdiccavetri8486
    @perdiccavetri8486 10 місяців тому

    what do you think of Mika Waltari books?

  • @deborahmink5159
    @deborahmink5159 Рік тому +1

    I'm happy to see Epitaph on this list. I also very much enjoyed "Doc".

  • @dropoutNo07
    @dropoutNo07 Рік тому

    I read the Journeyer by Gary Jennings on your recommendation and loved it. Now I'm reading Raptor by the same author.

  • @binglamb2176
    @binglamb2176 Рік тому +1

    My goodness, I have better taste than I thought. I have 60% of these books already.

  • @derekgreen7319
    @derekgreen7319 Рік тому

    O killer angels is a great book!

  • @battybibliophile-Clare
    @battybibliophile-Clare Рік тому

    Dorothy Dunnett was wonderful, Steve. I have all her books. Long dead, I am afraid her reputation is fading in the UK too.

  • @anotherbibliophilereads
    @anotherbibliophilereads Рік тому +2

    I guess the Flashman series is now problematic, but I adore Flashy.

  • @hotsake7819
    @hotsake7819 Рік тому +1

    For me Tale of Genji is the number two essential historic novel only behind Musashi. Another great list.

    • @Tolstoy111
      @Tolstoy111 Рік тому +1

      Genji isn’t really historical fiction is it? It’s set in the author’s present.

  • @andymorrall
    @andymorrall 7 місяців тому

    If you like books about Claudius, try my new novel, 'The Druid and the Elephant'. Hope you like it.

  • @RogerKirby13
    @RogerKirby13 Рік тому

    Thanks for the great recommendations. I disagree with you on Scott. Ivanhoe is the best place to start to be sure. But Old Mortality I think is much better. I would put Waverly, The Antiquary and The Hear of Mid-Lothian up there as well. Some of the later novels are less interesting but I still have more to go, and hope to discover another gem.

  • @JohnM-cd4ou
    @JohnM-cd4ou 11 місяців тому

    Where's Flashman?

  • @cu00dj
    @cu00dj Рік тому

    Sometimes, i can't see the book as you display it. Would you please post this list was text. I didn't get all the titles and authors and would really appreciate it. I recently finished Michael Shaara's World War one book "To The Last Man" and seriously wonder if I will ever read another.

    • @saintdonoghue
      @saintdonoghue  Рік тому

      Sorry! I'll try to remember to add lists in the future -

    • @cu00dj
      @cu00dj Рік тому

      @@saintdonoghue thanks!

  • @battybibliophile-Clare
    @battybibliophile-Clare Рік тому

    I agree with you and the Historical Fiction Society. As for the beginning, it at least has to be bases on written history and therefore not on the Bible, myth etc. Not that myth isn't a great source, but it isn't a basis for Historical Novels.
    Oo, another Marlowe novel, great!

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 8 місяців тому

    I have been told that history isn't something that has happened in the last fifty years. That's journalism. So by that standard yeah you can't have historical fiction of current events.

  • @sethtopper700
    @sethtopper700 Рік тому +1

    what about James Michener? I've only read The Source and Centennial. Were any of his books in the running to be essential?

  • @RyanLisbon
    @RyanLisbon Рік тому

    Steve, you're getting more subscribers and comments. What is happening?
    No Gates of Fire?

    • @saintdonoghue
      @saintdonoghue  Рік тому

      I noticed those extra subscribers too - I don't know what I'm doing wrong ...

  • @lucianopavarotti2843
    @lucianopavarotti2843 Рік тому

    Jay! Julian!

  • @Pantano63
    @Pantano63 Рік тому

    Is it true you read one book a day, Mr Donoghue?

    • @saintdonoghue
      @saintdonoghue  Рік тому +1

      No, that is not true. I do not read one book a day.

  • @valpergalit
    @valpergalit Рік тому +1

    Steve, what do you think about Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon? I thought it would be here for sure!

    • @jakestraughn1821
      @jakestraughn1821 Рік тому +1

      He considers it to be Pynchon's finest work. It's also his favorite novel of 1997.

  • @alejandrorubio305
    @alejandrorubio305 Рік тому

    You’re a G

  • @Bhakti-rider
    @Bhakti-rider 7 місяців тому

    I wonder that you didn't include anything by Rafael Sabatini.

  • @thomashefferon9711
    @thomashefferon9711 Рік тому

    I second Mason & Dixon for the list. A great romp.

  • @mr.alaska2232
    @mr.alaska2232 Рік тому

    Holy c***, are you a time traveler? Cause I mean, you said there's no possible way the flood didnt happened, you must have been there.

    • @dorothysatterfield3699
      @dorothysatterfield3699 11 місяців тому +3

      No. He said there's no possible way the flood did happen. You don't have to be a time traveler to know that.

  • @rodneyphillips9872
    @rodneyphillips9872 3 місяці тому

    Love your videos. But this one is preposterous. Get ahold of your self.

  • @ednorton47
    @ednorton47 Рік тому

    9/11 and Noah's Flood fall into the same category.