Historical Fiction
If you’re anything like me, you’re almost certainly going to find that dress history and historical fiction tie together rather nicely… This is my attempt at putting together a list of novels read and enjoyed by myself (or my family)!
14th Century
Harlequin - Bernard Cornwell
15th Century
16th Century
Dissolution - C.J. Sansom
Fools and Mortals - Bernard Cornwell
17th Century
Ashes of London - Andrew Taylor
By The Sword Divided - Mollie Hardwick
Tidelands - Phillipa Gregory
The Mercies - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
18th Century
Blood and Sugar - Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Daughters of Night - Laura Shepherd-Robinson
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Pimpernell - Baroness Orczy
Blackberry and Wild Rose - Sonya Velton
19th Century
P&P, Persuasion etc. - Jane Austen
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell - Susanna Clarke
The Confessions of Frannie Langton - Sara Collins
Washington Black - Esi Edugyan
Little Women & Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott
20th Century
La Sombra Del Viento - Carlos Ruíz Zafon
Axeman's Jazz - Ray Celstin
The Man in the Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood
The Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes
The Honjn Murders - Seishi Yokomizo
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Mythology & Fantasy
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell - Susanna Clarke
The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker
Circe - Madeline Miller
Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller