Top Ten Tuesday - Historical Settings I Love

2/2/2016

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I wouldn't necessarily call historical fiction one of my favorite genres, but I have grown to enjoy it more and more. I love books in which I can learn about history, especially if I get a great plot and set of characters to go along with it. These are some of the historical time periods I love learning about (sorry, they're a little heavy on the Western Europe side):

Regency England (as in Jane Austen)
Victorian England (as in Anthony Trollope)
Jacobite rebellion in Scotland
20th century Ireland
Shakespearean England
Roaring Twenties
The Gilded Age (Late 19th century in America, especially about all of the new inventions of the time)
Renaissance Italy
Anything in Biblical history

6 Comments

Kate @ Mom's Radius link

2/2/2016 10:24:36 am

Oh no. I called Jane Austen "Victorian". Is that wrong? Oops. Great list! There were so many settings to choose from. I thought I wouldn't come up with 10, but then I felt like I was skipping so many other great settings when I made my list. :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/2/2016 07:29:49 pm

Austen is technically before the Victorian period, but the Regency and Victorian periods have so much in common, I don't think it really matters! :)

There's just so much history out there to enjoy, isn't there?

Allyson Gilmore

2/2/2016 10:36:21 am

I don't read much historical fiction, but I could get behind some Jane Austen-esque YA ;)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/2/2016 07:30:14 pm

Jane Austen YA would be awesome! :)

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

2/2/2016 07:48:27 pm

For the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, have you read any of the Outlander books? They can be a bit intense (and major chunksters), but a definite favorite series of mine.

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/7/2016 02:54:20 pm

I read the first one a few years ago, but for some reason, I haven't gone back to read any of the others. I'll have to try them again!

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