Conn Iggulden writes big, fast, battle-filled historical epics about the people who built and broke empires. Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, the Houses of Lancaster and York, Pericles of Athens and the emperor Nero have all had the Iggulden treatment, and…
Dame Hilary Mantel (1952 to 2022) was one of the great English novelists of her time, and her Wolf Hall Trilogy, the story of Thomas Cromwell at the court of Henry VIII, is widely regarded as the finest historical fiction…
Ken Follett is one of the best-selling novelists alive, with nearly 200 million copies of his books sold. He made his name with the Second World War spy thriller Eye of the Needle, then surprised everyone with The Pillars of…
Bernard Cornwell is one of the most popular historical novelists in the world. Over more than four decades, he has written over 60 novels, from Richard Sharpe’s battles against Napoleon to Uhtred’s fight for the birth of England, and three…