 | Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 My all-time favorite book. An amazing romance/adventure in 18C Scotland. The first three novels in the series deal heavily with the Jacobite uprising.
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 | The Pride of Lions by Marsha Canham
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Technically a romance but there is a lot of history in this one. Great love story between an English woman and the highlander that she is forced to marry during the Jacobite uprising.
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 | The Conquest by Elizabeth Chadwick
Buy used from: $10.00 Two generational love stories set during and after the Norman Conquest.
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 | Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A woman is sent back in time to the middle ages during the plague. Technically science fiction but great period detail. Really amazing to see the middle ages seen through the eyes of someone from the future.
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 | Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.00 Story of a woman using her feminie wiles to get ahead in Restoration England. This one also has some great details about the plague. A real page-turner.
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 | Legacy by Susan Kay
Buy used from: $14.81 Capitavating story of Elizabeth I.
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 | The Tea Rose: A Novel by Jennifer Donnelly
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.15 A great love story set in England and America during the time of Jack the Ripper. Another page-turner.
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 | Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.50 This story follows the rule of King John of England and Llewelyn the Great of Wales and their conflicts, also includes a beautiful love story between Llewelyn and Joanna (john's daughter).
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 | Nectar from a Stone: A Novel by Jane Guill
Buy new: $26.05 / Used from: $0.01 Set in 14C Wales this story follows a woman running after after being forced to kill her husband. This book really makes you feel as though you have travelled in time.
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 | Into the Wilderness (Wilderness Saga 1) by Sara Donati
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $5.37 Set in the wilderness of 18C upstae New York, a English teacher falls in love with a half Indian man. Great story!
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 | Angelique (Volume 1) by Sergeanne Golon
Buy used from: $40.00 This is the first in a series of nine books about a woman named Angelique in 17C France. This series has it all, romance, adventure, and suspence. Set during the rule of the Sun KIng, Angelique has many adventures from being captured by pirates to being mistress to the king. Great historical series!
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 | The Dark Queen: A Novel by Susan Carroll
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.22 Great romance set in 16C France. This includes witchcraft, witchhunters, and Catherine de Medici. 1st in the Dark Queen series.
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 | The Courtesan: A Novel by Susan Carroll
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.01 2nd in the Dark Queen series, even better than the first.
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 | The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Buy used from: $1.59 Great story of forbidden love during WWII in Russia. Gives a great account of the Siege of Leningrad.
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 | Atonement by Ian McEwan
Buy used from: $0.01 Tragically romantic story of how a lie can destroy lives, set during WWII. Really Engrossing.
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 | Olivia and Jai by Rebecca Ryman
Buy used from: $96.65 My second favorite book of all time. A story of love and revenge in 19C India. You will not be able to put this down.
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 | The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.85 Story of Cro-magnon girl being raised by Neandrathals. This book is fascinating!
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