Best historical fiction set in the ancient world

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I, Claudius
de Robert Graves
9,173 membros
168 resenhas
4.2
15 Members
lilithcat, rarm, longway, pitjrw, thorold, aulsmith, belgrade18, roby72, sjmccreary, deebee1, LisaMaria_C, NinieB, Steven.Eldredge, FranzK72, Brandy1411,Samantha_kathy
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Memoirs of Hadrian
de Marguerite Yourcenar
5,453 membros
125 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
lilithcat, longway, pitjrw, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Steven.Eldredge, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,Samantha_kathy
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The Eagle of the Ninth
de Rosemary Sutcliff
3,186 membros
62 resenhas
4
8 Members
Edward, rarm, Ravic, thorold, souloftherose, spiphany, devmae, Steven.Eldredge
4
The King Must Die
de Mary Renault
2,670 membros
55 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
_Zoe_, thorold, aulsmith, LisaMaria_C, spiphany, Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
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Claudius the God
de Robert Graves
4,213 membros
44 resenhas
4.1
8 Members
longway, pitjrw, thorold, aulsmith, belgrade18, LisaMaria_C, Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
6
The Red Tent
de Anita Diamant
16,902 membros
393 resenhas
4
6 Members
SqueakyChu, kageeh, sjmccreary, Samantha_kathy, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, ,
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The Last of the Wine
de Mary Renault
1,672 membros
25 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
pitjrw, thorold, LisaMaria_C, spiphany, Steven.Eldredge, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411
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Salammbô
de Gustave Flaubert
1,866 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.7
6 Members
longway, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, Steven.Eldredge, FranzK72
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Nefertiti
de Michelle Moran
1,862 membros
125 resenhas
4
4 Members
Chatterbox, Samantha_kathy, al.vick, Brandy1411
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Death Comes as the End
de Agatha Christie
2,782 membros
55 resenhas
½ 3.6
5 Members
lahochstetler, Samantha_kathy, LisaMaria_C, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
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Pompeii
de Robert Harris
5,283 membros
154 resenhas
½ 3.6
6 Members
pitjrw, belgrade18, al.vick, Steven.Eldredge, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411
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The Persian Boy
de Mary Renault
2,321 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
longway, thorold, aulsmith, LisaMaria_C, Steven.Eldredge
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The Bull from the Sea
de Mary Renault
1,691 membros
28 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
pitjrw, thorold, LisaMaria_C, spiphany, Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
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Black Ships
de Jo Graham
702 membros
87 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
_Zoe_, sjmccreary, LisaMaria_C, spiphany, Brandy1411
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Quo Vadis
de Henryk Sienkiewicz
3,445 membros
64 resenhas
4
5 Members
longway, roby72, thecoroner, spiphany, FranzK72
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The Praise Singer
de Mary Renault
861 membros
17 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
pitjrw, thorold, spiphany, Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
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Lavinia
de Ursula K. Le Guin
2,141 membros
93 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
spiphany, al.vick, Steven.Eldredge, ManWithAnAgenda
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Julian
de Gore Vidal
1,862 membros
39 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
pitjrw, Steven.Eldredge, ManWithAnAgenda
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Creation
de Gore Vidal
1,568 membros
24 resenhas
4
4 Members
longway, pitjrw, Steven.Eldredge, ManWithAnAgenda
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The Heretic Queen
de Michelle Moran
1,276 membros
78 resenhas
4
3 Members
Chatterbox, Samantha_kathy, Brandy1411
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The Egyptian
de Mika Waltari
2,208 membros
58 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
longway, pitjrw, deebee1
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The Mask of Apollo
de Mary Renault
1,369 membros
22 resenhas
4
4 Members
thorold, spiphany, Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
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The First Man in Rome
de Colleen McCullough
3,299 membros
57 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
_Zoe_, sjmccreary, LisaMaria_C
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Imperium
de Robert Harris
3,834 membros
129 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
pitjrw, Deslilla, souloftherose
25
The Song of Achilles
de Madeline Miller
13,007 membros
505 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
Steven.Eldredge, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411
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Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider
de Thomas Mann
1,101 membros
19 resenhas
4
2 Members
thecoroner, FranzK72
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The Ptolemies: A Novel
de Duncan Sprott
175 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
belgrade18, Juliew.
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Beacon at Alexandria
de Gillian Bradshaw
431 membros
16 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
_Zoe_, LisaMaria_C, Brandy1411
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The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Books)
de Gillian Bradshaw
295 membros
9 resenhas
4
3 Members
_Zoe_, al.vick, Steven.Eldredge
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Fire from Heaven
de Mary Renault
2,208 membros
30 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
thorold, LisaMaria_C, Steven.Eldredge
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Cassandra
de Christa Wolf
700 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, FranzK72
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Gates of Fire
de Steven Pressfield
3,371 membros
90 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
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Lion of Ireland
de Morgan Llywelyn
924 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
al.vick, clairemath
34
Homer's Daughter
de Robert Graves
377 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
longway, thorold
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Child of the Morning
de Pauline Gedge
739 membros
19 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
Chatterbox, LisaMaria_C
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O incêndio de Tróia
de Marion Zimmer Bradley
2,675 membros
36 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
al.vick, clairemath,ManWithAnAgenda
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Venus in Copper
de Lindsey Davis
1,244 membros
23 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
belgrade18, NinieB
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The Maze Maker
de Michael Ayrton
70 membros
3 resenhas
3.1
2 Members
pitjrw, spiphany
39
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
de Lew Wallace
5,332 membros
86 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
roby72, al.vick
40
Roman Blood
de Steven Saylor
1,524 membros
42 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, Steven.Eldredge
41
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
de Margaret George
2,647 membros
50 resenhas
4
2 Members
LISandKL, al.vick
42
The Judgment of Caesar
de Steven Saylor
647 membros
21 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, Brandy1411
43
The Lantern Bearers
de Rosemary Sutcliff
1,313 membros
23 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
longway, Steven.Eldredge
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The Iron Hand of Mars
de Lindsey Davis
1,184 membros
29 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
belgrade18, Deslilla
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Roma
de Steven Saylor
1,209 membros
64 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Steven.Eldredge, Brandy1411
46
Shadows in Bronze
de Lindsey Davis
1,421 membros
39 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
belgrade18, Rusty37
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The Silver Pigs
de Lindsey Davis
2,388 membros
80 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
belgrade18, Steven.Eldredge, Rusty37,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I found this very glib
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The Ides of March
de Thornton Wilder
938 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
longway, Steven.Eldredge
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The Wreckage of Agathon
de John Gardner
199 membros
1 resenha
3.8
2 Members
pitjrw, Steven.Eldredge
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Augustus
de John Williams
1,580 membros
51 resenhas
4.2
Member
pitjrw
51
The Sunbird
de Wilbur Smith
847 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Noisy
52
Outcast
de Rosemary Sutcliff
596 membros
7 resenhas
3.8
Member
Rusty37
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The Liars' Gospel
de Naomi Alderman
253 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Edward
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Song of the Nile
de Stephanie Dray
137 membros
14 resenhas
4
Member
LISandKL
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The Divining
de Barbara Wood
39 membros
5 resenhas
½ 2.6
Member
mkbird
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Babylon - Das Siegel des Hammurabi : Roman
de Hanns Kneifel
6 membros
5
Member
Di.HDRN
57
Island of Ghosts
de Gillian Bradshaw
266 membros
15 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, Brandy1411
58
Funeral Games
de Mary Renault
1,115 membros
15 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
longway, Steven.Eldredge
59
Count Belisarius
de Robert Graves
1,020 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
pitjrw, Steven.Eldredge
60
Medea
de Christa Wolf
479 membros
9 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, FranzK72,spiphany
Explicações
spiphany : Wolf's ideological agenda gets in the way of this being either great literature or great historical fiction.
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Lily of the Nile
de Stephanie Dray
330 membros
26 resenhas
3.9
Member
LISandKL
62
Tiger, Tiger
de Lynne Reid Banks
274 membros
8 resenhas
3.8
Member
Rusty37
63
The Song of Troy
de Colleen McCullough
628 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
_Zoe_, Steven.Eldredge,
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Persona Non Grata
de Ruth Downie
559 membros
66 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
belgrade18
65
The Gladiators from Capua
de Caroline Lawrence
282 membros
4 resenhas
4
Member
Rusty37
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Hero of Rome
de Douglas Jackson
110 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Deslilla
67
Daughters of the Nile
de Stephanie Dray
69 membros
7 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
LISandKL
68
The Slave-Girl from Jerusalem
de Caroline Lawrence
170 membros
1 resenha
4.1
Member
Rusty37
69
Daughter of the Gods
de Stephanie Thornton
117 membros
15 resenhas
4.2
Member
LISandKL
70
Lady of the Reeds
de Pauline Gedge
111 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.3
Member
Chatterbox
71
Le scandaleux Héliogabale
de Emma Locatelli
4 membros
5
Member
Deslilla
72
Terra Incognita
de Ruth Downie
611 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
belgrade18
73
The Assassins of Rome
de Caroline Lawrence
383 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Rusty37
74
House of Dreams
de Pauline Gedge
203 membros
10 resenhas
4.1
Member
Chatterbox
75
Marathon: Freedom Or Death
de Christian Cameron
89 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
Member
al.vick
76
Helen of Troy
de Margaret George
1,655 membros
49 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
LISandKL
77
Medicus
de Ruth Downie
1,264 membros
70 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
belgrade18
78
The Pirates of Pompeii
de Caroline Lawrence
471 membros
3 resenhas
4
Member
Rusty37
79
The Thieves of Ostia
de Caroline Lawrence
750 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
Member
Rusty37
80
The Secret Magdalene
de Ki Longfellow
554 membros
52 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
_Zoe_
81
Anibal
de Gisbert Haefs
215 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
Member
longway
82
A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening
de Mário de Carvalho
221 membros
7 resenhas
4.1
Member
pitjrw
83
Escape from Rome
de Caroline Lawrence
18 membros
1 resenha
3.8
Member
Rusty37
84
Detectives in Togas
de Henry Winterfeld
2,190 membros
17 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
85
The Secrets of Vesuvius
de Caroline Lawrence
522 membros
4 resenhas
3.9
Member
Rusty37
86
The Sign of Fear
de R. L. Stine
117 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
ManWithAnAgenda: It's not good, at all, but does take place in Roman Britain
87
Die Söhne der Wölfin
de Tanja Kinkel
59 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
88
Roman Wall
de Bryher
49 membros
1 resenha
3.8
Member
pitjrw
89
Caesars Druide
de Claude Cueni
48 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
90
The Arrows of Hercules
de L. Sprague de Camp
40 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
91
Palast der blauen Delphine
de Brigitte Riebe
21 membros
1 resenha
3
Member
spiphany
92
Ich, Aras, habe erlebt... Ein Roman aus archaischer Zeit.
de Josef Nyáry
11 membros
4
Member
spiphany
93
Das Gold des Nordens: Historischer Roman aus der Zeit der Völkerwanderung
de Stefan Jäger
4 membros
1 resenha
Member
spiphany
94
The Dolphins of Laurentum
de Caroline Lawrence
349 membros
5 resenhas
4
Member
Rusty37
95
Daughter of the Crocodile (Ptolemies Quartet)
de Duncan Sprott
29 membros
3.8
Member
belgrade18
96
The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina
de Caroline Lawrence
275 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
Member
Rusty37
97
Wisdom's Daughter
de H. Rider Haggard
166 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
LisaMaria_C
98
Helena
de Evelyn Waugh
717 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
pitjrw
99
The Double Tongue
de William Golding
254 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
belgrade18
100
Lesbia Mía
de Antonio Priante
3 membros
½ 3.5
Member
longway