 | The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Buy used from: £21.95 I loved this and really cared about every character as well as learning more about the period.
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 | The Secret History (Read Red) by Donna Tartt
Buy used from: £1.49 Not strictly historical but inspired me to read some more classics. I have reread it many times.
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 | The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Or any Philippa Gregory book. Intelligent bodice-rippers!
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 | Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £5.54 / Used from: £0.01 Truly moving.
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 | The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.45 Love Georgette Heyer - pure escapism, preferably accompanied by a duvet and chocolates.
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 | Hannibal by Ross Leckie
Buy new: £2.60 / Used from: £2.20 The first and best of a bloody and brilliant trilogy.
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 | Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.99 This really is a bodice-ripper, great fun.
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 | The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth
Buy new: £3.31 / Used from: £0.95 A really original take on the Trojan war.
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 | In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired "Moby Dick" by Nathaniel Philbrick
Buy new: £4.00 / Used from: £0.01 Completely interesting and readable even for someone not that bothered for maritime or naval history.
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 | Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man (Faber Paperbacks) by Siegfried Sassoon
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.26 Charming in the true sense of the word.
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 | Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon
Buy new: £15.34 / Used from: £24.65 An amazing writer and as modest as he was heroic.
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 | Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War by Robert K. Massie
Buy used from: £7.80 My favourite factual history book. The early chapters are gripping mini biographies.
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 | Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 A great (if slightly grim) read about the plague.
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 | Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.40 This was a great introduction to Chinese history although it is of course a very personal account.
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