Historical Fiction

The Templar Cross

By Paul Christopher

The Lost Army Of Cambyses

By Paul Sussman

After Midnight

By Robert Ryan

Catch-22: As recommended on BBC2's Between the Covers

By Joseph Heller, Howard Jacobson

Any Human Heart: A BBC Two Between the Covers pick

By William Boyd

The Last Hour: '24' set in Ancient Rome

By Harry Sidebottom

Hunting the Eagles

By Ben Kane

The Silver Eagle

By Ben Kane

The Death Instinct

By Rubenfeld, Jed

The Forgotten Legion: (The Forgotten Legion Chronicles No. 1)

By Ben Kane

The Terror

By Dan Simmons

The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason's Tale

By Leifur Eiricksson, Bergljot S. Kristjansdottir, Keneva Kunz

A Secret Alchemy

By Emma Darwin

War Cry

By Wilbur Smith, David Churchill

Heroes

By Heather Hay

The Apprentice

By Lewis Libby

First Light

By John Banville

Mozart's Sister

By Alison Bauld

Eagles at War

By Ben Kane

Fathers and Sons

By Ivan Turgenev, Alain de Botton, Richard Freeborn

Song of Solomon

By Toni Morrison

Memoirs of Hadrian

By Margeurite Yourcenar

Murmuration: A perfect read for fans of Cloud Atlas

By Robert Lock

The Good German

By Kanon, Joseph, Joseph Kanon

At Midnight in a Flaming Town

By Lorraine Bateman, Paul Cole

The Seventh Scroll

By Wilbur Smith

The Sunbird

By Wilbur Smith

When the Lion Feeds

By Wilbur Smith

A Sparrow Falls

By Wilbur Smith

Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome

By Steven W Saylor