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Besides Mason and Dixon what's a doorstop of historical fiction that's good to read over the winter?

>> No.10289110

Against the Day.

>> No.10289994

>>10288977
Shogun.

>> No.10290013

Against the Day
The Dying Grass
War and Peace
Life and Fate
The Winds of War & War and Remembrance
Fortunes of War (The Balkan Trilogy & The Levant Trilogy)
Joseph and His Brothers

>> No.10290022

>>10288977

Vanity Fair

>> No.10290271

Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian

>> No.10290711

>>10288977
The Bonfire of the Vanities

>> No.10290712

>>10288977

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel

>> No.10290720

How is Parade's End? I'm thinking of taking it on holiday with me next week and I won't have that many distractions. It doesn't seem to have gotten a lot of attention here.

>> No.10290734

Masters of Rome novels are good, at least the first few