Biographical Historical Fiction

This is a selected list of biographical fiction.  For additional titles look in "Historical Figures in Fiction" by Donald Hartman located in the Reader Advisory Area.

• Alter, Judy - Jessie: A Novel Based on the Life of Jessie Benton Fremont (also North & South)
• Bentley, Barbara - Mistress Nancy
• Byrd, Max - Jackson (also North & South)
• Byrd, Max - Jefferson
• Coleman, Jane Candia - Doc Holliday's Woman (also North & South)
• Cowell, Stephanie - The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare (also South)
• Fast, Howard - Torquemada
• Graves, Robert - I Claudius
• Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia - I, Victoria
• Lambton, Anthony - Elizabeth and Alexandra
• Ripley, Alexandra - A Love Divine (also North & South)
• Sherwood, Frances - Vindicatiion (also North)
• Vidal, Gore - Burr

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