[ SECRET POST #2972 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2972 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 072 secrets from Secret Submission Post #425.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Historical Fiction That Doesn't Emphasize Romance (or Blood and Gore)

[(Anonymous)]

All of Karen Maitland's books, set in medieval England and Europe. There's some romance and some gory (well... maybe more a bit disgusting than gory?) bits in them, but they're more about adventure, friendship, family, magic, all sorts of things.

Someone recommended this above, but Robert Harris's Imperium and the sequel, Lustrum. Set in ancient Rome. Very political but not at all gory or bloody.

Essie Fox's books set in Victorian England. Again, there is an element of romance in these but imo it doesn't dominate the narrative, you wouldn't actually describe them as ~romantic fiction. Elijah's Mermaid is her best.

When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones, also set in Victorian England. A superb psychological suspense novel with absolutely no elements of the things you're trying to avoid! Very focused on female friendship, the restrictions on what women were able to do at that time etc. Also a great character study.

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Based on the true story of the last woman to be executed in Iceland. Very well-researched and historically accurate - it's kind of bleak but very readable.

The Pirate's Daughter and The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson, set in Jamaica mainly during the early 20th century. Quite gentle reads but illuminating about the country's history.

Re: Historical Fiction That Doesn't Emphasize Romance (or Blood and Gore)

[sarillia]

Ooh, a lot of these sound really interesting! I'm gonna put them on my list.

Re: Historical Fiction That Doesn't Emphasize Romance (or Blood and Gore)

[(Anonymous)]

The Confessions of Catherine de Medici: A Novel by C. W. Gortner