Historical Fiction through the Ages - hosted by inkyspines

Classical Period
  • Ancient Greece (600 B.C. to A.D. 600) - foundation of democracy, philosophy, mathematics, drama, and poetry
  • Ancient Rome (753 B.C. to A.D. 476) - political power that developed the legal system, irrigation, architecture, city roads, and Christianity
  • Persian Empire (550 B.C. to 330 B.C.) - Middle Eastern empire that practiced Zoroastrianism before Islam and fell to Alexander the Great in 330 B.C.
  • Byzantine Empire (A.D. 285 to A.D. 1453) - Mediterranean culture that incorporated practices and beliefs from ancient Greece and Rome; the only major power not to fall until after the Renaissance

All books added

560 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical challenging dark informative slow-paced

The Iliad

Homer

17 hours, 49 minutes first pub -750 (editions) user-added

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced

850 pages first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance science fiction

370 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

466 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical informative tense medium-paced

195 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional fast-paced

476 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced

432 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced

135 pages first pub 1609 (editions)

fiction classics play challenging reflective fast-paced

1102 pages first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced