• The Best Tudor Historical Fiction - Green Darkness by Anya Seton
  • The Best Tudor Historical Fiction - The Concubine: A Novel by Norah Lofts
  • The Best Tudor Historical Fiction - Tudor Pilgrimage by Josephine Bell
  • The Best Tudor Historical Fiction - The Heretic: A Novel by Alison Macleod
  • The Best Tudor Historical Fiction - Amenable Women by Mavis Cheek

The Best Tudor Historical Fiction, recommended by Alison Weir

The Tudor dynasty, which ruled England from 1485 to 1603, has been the focus of extraordinary public attention in recent years, thanks to the success of books like Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and the lavish television drama The Tudors, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. We asked Alison Weir, the author of many bestselling factual and novelistic books on the period, to recommend her favourite works of Tudor historical fiction.

  • Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World - The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
  • Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World - Votan by John James
  • Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World - Family Favourites by Alfred Duggan
  • Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World - Julian by Gore Vidal
  • Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World - Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem

Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World, recommended by Harry Sidebottom

The ancient world offers an excellent canvas for historical fiction but too many books fall victim to anachronistic thinking, says Oxford ancient historian Harry Sidebottom, author of two series of historical novels set in Ancient Rome. Here he recommends some of his own favourites, all written during the golden age of classical historical fiction half a century ago.