 | Memoirs of Hadrian: And Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (Penguin Modern Classics) by Marguerite Yourcenar
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £3.23 Masterclass in historic fiction - get the details spot on and the rest follows.
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 | Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 ..or any one of the Aubrey/Maturin series of books. Better than any history book in bringing the Napolionic era alive.
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 | Julian by Gore Vidal
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £2.93 I'm not a hugh fan of Gore Vidal's fiction but this one is a cut above - by far his best.
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 | Archangel by Robert Harris
Buy used from: £0.01 Not strictly speaking historic fiction - but the description of the death of Stalin and its immediate aftermath is earily realistic
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 | Wolf of the Plains (Conqueror 1) by Conn Iggulden
Buy new: £4.63 / Used from: £0.01 Once you get passed the trashy cover this is a very well written and convincing book. Boys Own stuff.
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 | Kidnapped (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Buy new: £1.99 / Used from: £0.01 As fresh and readable as the day it was written. A late Victorian boys own story set in the aftermath of the jacobite rising.
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 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 Fantastic period details bring life to this story.
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 | The Siege Of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Very funny booker prize winner.
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 | American Tabloid by James Ellroy
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.59 ..not so funny book. 50's - 60's history written like a crime novel.
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 | The Name of the Rose (Vintage Classics) by Umberto Eco
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.99 convincing and atmospheric
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