Any advice for a Hilary Mantel 'style' historical fact/fiction book?

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Hi all - My partner loved the Hilary Mantel 'Wolf Hall' Trilogy of books.
She has kind of hinted that if I could find a similar style, well written, historical fictionalised story of the time before that Wolf Hall era, then it would be gratefully accepted as the best Christmas present in years.
Could anybody recommend one or more please?
Thanks in advance

I always recommend Diana Norman, who also wrote as Ariana Franklin, on this type of thread. Her books include historical events and real life characters as well as fictional ones, are wonderfully well researched and the female characters are strong and complex. A lot of her work is set in the time of Henry II but there’s some set in colonial America and Restoration London.

C J Sansom series about Matthew Shardlake.

The Daddy of historic novels is of course War and Peace. There's lots of read alongs every year (it conveniently has approximately 365 4 page chapters so can be read a chapter a day over a year) on bookstagram etc.

I've lurked on this thread and bought three of the recommended books!
Won't be getting much done this weekend!