Historical novel - the great writers of historical fiction

The historical novel is a sort of novel where the characters are placed in a bygone age. The novelist often tried, time wise and realistic to represent both the spirit and fact. Let's see the development of historical novels in this article.
Waverley (1814): the first great historical novel by Walter Scott:
Waverley (1814), the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott is the first great historical novel. It focuses on historical events in England, Scotland, and several other regions of the world.
Great novels by Alexandre Dumas:
French writer Alexandre Dumas wrote two historical novels. The Count of Monte Cristo (1844 The Count of Monte Cristo) is about a man wrongly put in prison. Trios Musketeers (1844, The Three Musketeers ") is a story of three adventurers braggart during the reign of the 17th century French King Louis XIII.
Gone With the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind (1936), written by Margaret Mitchell is a powerful historical novel during the Civil War (1861-1865) and set the time of reconstruction after the war. It tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern Belle, which survives in the family plantation, Tara. The story revolves around Scarlett's infatuation with her neighbor Ashley Wilkes.
North American history in the novel:
Many historical novels feature the subject of history in North America. American novelist Kenneth Roberts at Northwest Passage (1937) focuses on the lives of the 18 Century American pioneer Robert Rogers. The American writer Robert Penn Warren's World Enough and Time (1947) deals with political intrigues in Kentucky in the 1800s.
Novels of the late 20th Century:
Patrick O'Brian was one of the most popular novelists of the late 20th Century. Hs novels during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) set when the French leader Napoleon war with the rest of Europe. Aubrey-Maturin novel, His, Master and Commander and was released in 1969. Blue at the Mizzen, published in 1999, shortly before the death O'Brian.