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
The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

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

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #2

Stephen Fry

15 hours • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden

The Gates of Athens

Athenian #1

Conn Iggulden

14 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

fiction historical adventurous informative medium-paced
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #1

Stephen Fry

15 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction classics historical religion adventurous funny informative medium-paced
Everyone Knows I'm a Good Person by 糖尾帅

Everyone Knows I'm a Good Person

糖尾帅

850 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance science fiction
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Ariadne

Jennifer Saint

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional medium-paced
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes

370 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

Clytemnestra

Costanza Casati

14 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Elektra by Jennifer Saint

Elektra

Jennifer Saint

10 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary dark emotional medium-paced