 | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Buy used from: £6.73 Of course, the granddaddy of them all
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 | The Far Pavilions by Mary Margaret Kaye
Buy used from: £10.29 I cannot recommend this book highly enough. A fascinating tale of India during the British Raj and two star crossed lovers
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 | Zemindar by Valerie Fitzgerald
Buy used from: £10.00 If you can get your hands on a copy, do so. A great tale of the Sepoy rebellion in India. The author's prose is glorious, very reminiscent of Charlotte Bronte
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 | Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Buy used from: £0.22 Awesome, not to be missed. The first in a trilogy on Wales
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 | Katherine by Anya Seton
Buy used from: £8.68 Probably the greatest love story of all time
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 | Legacy by Susan Kay
Buy used from: £8.19 The best version of Elizabeth I ever written
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 | The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) by Alexandre Dumas
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £3.45 Anything by Dumas qualifies as well. The Musketeers sagas are tops
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 | Lorna Doone: a Romance of Exmoor: A Romance of Exmoor (Penguin Classics) by R.D. Blackmore
Buy used from: £3.00 Lots of adventure, true love and derring do!
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 | Shadows and Strongholds by Elizabeth Chadwick
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Anything by Chadwick as well. The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion and The Falcons of Montabard are all great reads
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 | The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
Buy used from: £5.48 Elizabeth Fones, married into the Winthrop family, the leader of that being John Winthrop who took his family to New England to govern the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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 | Outlander (UK, Cross Stitch) by Diana Gabaldon
Buy used from: £0.33 An incredible series. It takes you from Scotland, to France, Jamaica and then the new world. So many laugh out loud moments, along with the adventure and romance
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 | Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Buy used from: £5.97 rolicking great romp through the Court of Charles II and Restoration England
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 | Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Buy used from: £4.02 Wow! A whole different aspect on Richard III
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