Timeless Tales: Unveiling the Best History Novels of All Time

"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy

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"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett

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"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

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"Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel

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"The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco

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"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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"I, Claudius" by Robert Graves

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"The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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