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ITT: Best Historical Fiction Writers?
Period doesn't matter, so long as they're not writing about their own time.

>> No.3743914

Scarrow
Cornwell (he has something for everyone)
Graves

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I enjoyed this OP.

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>>3742483

Mika Waltari.

>> No.3743960

Umberto Eco

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emil ludwig, if you are into "great man theory"

>> No.3743977

Absolutely Umberto Eco.

Name of the Rose, Pendulum of Foucault

>> No.3743985

From Japan, Shiba Ryotaro, Yoshikawa Eiji, and Mori Ogai are the best

>> No.3744022

Mario Vargas Llosa