Looking for recommendations of fiction set in 18th and 19th century

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EluneBePraised · 30/08/2022 21:57

Hi can anyone recommend books set in the 1700s/1800s? I've read several in the last few years, authors include:

Sarah Perry
Jane Harris
Stacey Halls
Georgette Heyer

I've also read Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, Longbourn and Wakenhyrst. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks!

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Xiaoxiong · 30/08/2022 22:47

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and the ladies of grace adieu, both by Susannah Clarke are a brilliant pastiche of late 18th/early 19th c novels, I love them.

iklboo · 30/08/2022 22:41

Laura Purcell is pretty good. Gothic horror.

londonmummy1966 · 30/08/2022 22:40

Blood Sugar and Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd Robinson - one on the slave trade and one on prostitution and the art scene in Georgian London - both very well written with a murder mystery plot.

NannyR · 30/08/2022 22:37

The Colour by Rose Tremain is one of my favourites.

Butterbeer4All · 30/08/2022 22:35

I've been reading the Poldark series

FuncaMunca · 30/08/2022 22:17

www.waterstones.com/blog/laura-shepherd-robinson-on-her-favourite-novels-set-in-the-18th-century

Some of these sound good

tinselvestsparklepants · 30/08/2022 22:07

The Crimson Petal and the White (Michel Faber)
Music and Silence (Rose Tremain)

Both beautifully written.

BigFatLiar · 30/08/2022 22:05

Mary Stewart
Catherine Cookson

Is it any particular type of fiction?

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