Historical novels - The old world

To make the standard authors in the genre these novels some of the top fiction books you can read ..... Just as reading for pleasure or for a longer time spent in a fun ... read books-4FUN!
As you know from my previous article "Historical Fiction, historical fiction can guess, some of my favorite books - I have always found a good book. The authors are to be read as a rule on my list when I check the libraries.
Browsing bookstores to find the pearl "or later find out from a favorite author is a nice way to spend time. And now that most bookstores are also a good online bookstores, it's easier to get books - especially if you can not access it physically - as I was where I live.
In the ancient world - until the fall of the Roman Empire - perhaps three main characters were written historical novels about them than others:

    * Alexander the Great
    Cleopatra *
    * Julius Caesar
The immortal story of Troy, it might be with them., Is indeed the way the signs historical, are left to your imagination.
That's immortality!
In all, perhaps Alexander the Great, the fascinating, enigmatic and complex character of them all - even though more than Caesar and Cleopatra known .... but unfortunately not much more.
Egypt We can add to this list of novels about the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. - In particular, Ramses 11 and Hatshepsut. Of course there are other son about other kings, but these two features seem much more.
The fascination for ancient Egypt has been bubbling away since Napoleon visited and searched Belzoni. He was of course fully with the discovery of Tutankhamun's grave and its treasures.
Nevertheless, the king is not a male point of contact for many exciting historical novelists - for his performance, it is usually transient or sub-fast line.
The first historical novel, I remember as a boy reading is "the Egyptian" by Mika Waltari - Sinuhe is the story of the doctor (fictional) Royal Akhenaten. Basically a history of the reign of Akhenaten - it also has its predecessor on the throne, Queen Nefertiti, Tutankhamun and his successors, Ay and Horemheb.
There was more life when I finally saw the film with Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Jean Simmons, Edmund Purdom as with Sinuhe.
I must confess that I loved all those old epics of filmmakers like Cecil B. DeMille, Samuel Bronston et al. They do not all good - in the light of today's cinematic realism from, but when I was younger, they were fresh and alive in me the love of the ancient world.
Ancient Greece and Alexander Time and again the authors Alexander turned and headed back into a world long gone, but separated in time - in ancient Greece as the source of our Western society.
The legendary stories and myths of ancient Greece, Alexander evoke that this vibrant life for us today when they said by the calligraphy of the modern authors, such as:
Mary Renault Gemmell, David Steven Pressfield Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Nocholas Nicastro Margaret George Lindsey Davis Scott Oden Robert Harris
Speaking of ancient epics, but I was over, I even like that with Steve Reeves as Hercules - Gee, I wince when I see it now! But then Epic Movie was all good food!
The Trojan War was popular, as it initially reported by Homer in the Iliad and in our time, has many books of fiction and historical films .... instead of highlighting firm belief that Homer was indeed an immortal story.
While Hollywood history has made as its own purposes, and sometimes rarely rises above the everyday ... not the case for many of the great books that are available now.
The following authors all have a unique perspective on what really is a different story without end. They bring the story alive for us to write clever, realistic dialogue and characterizations enchants and perspectives that, although we the tragedy, it always fascinated to know us - and it has since the first edition of Homer audience.

    * David Gemmell
    * Colleen McCullough (his "Song of Troy" is one of the best - to read new!)
    * Sarah B. Franklin
    Margaret George *

Rome and Caesar Colleen McCullough's "Masters of Rome series is almost final (for me) if you want the best novel about the pre-imperial Rome and then to Caesar. His last novel," Antony and Cleoptra is "not so good - and I believe they do not really "much Cleo '!
Both: Imperium by Robert Harris (from Cicero) and Pompeii The iron pillar of Taylor Caldwell (Cicero) Massie Caesar, Anthony Alan Memoirs of Hadrian by Margaret Youcenar
Sure, "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God by Robert Graves (I recommend instead of the TV series)
When reading a good book? At any one time - so long as often or regularly! The books are a great conversation - be it in summer reading, beach reading or relaxing time on a rainy day - or an alternative to the idiot box.