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12 books with a reading profile close to Chesapeake by James A. Michener. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Trinity

by Leon Uris

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Leon Uris tells the story of Ireland's struggle for independence through Conor Larkin, a Catholic boy from a poor family in Ulster who grows up in the late nineteenth century.
2

Hawaii

by James A. Michener

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

James Michener’s narrative begins with the volcanic formation of the islands before chronicling the successive waves of human arrivals.
3

Johnny Tremain

by Esther Forbes

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Set in revolutionary Boston, the story follows fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, a talented silversmith's apprentice whose career is destroyed when a molten silver accident leaves his hand permanently disfigured.
4

Centennial

by James A. Michener

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

James A.
5

The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, the narrative follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
6

Sir Nigel

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Set during the opening decades of the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel follows Nigel Loring, an impoverished scion of a noble house.
7

The Scottish Chiefs

by Jane Porter

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Jane Porter’s historical novel recounts the life of William Wallace during the Scottish Wars of Independence against King Edward I of England.
8

Exodus

by Leon Uris

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Leon Uris chronicles the establishment of the State of Israel through the experiences of nurse Kitty Fremont and Mossad agent Ari Ben Canaan.
9

The Robe

by Lloyd C. Douglas

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Marcellus Gallio, a Roman tribune stationed in Palestine, participates in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth and wins the condemned man’s seamless robe in a dice game.
10

Child's History of England (Annotated and Illustrated)

by Charles Dickens, Toby Davidson

history, narrative

In this work, Charles Dickens provides a chronological narrative of English history spanning from the ancient Roman invasions under Julius Caesar to the seventeenth-century Glorious Revolution.
11

Quo Vadis

by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak

history, narrative

Set in Nero's Rome, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius and his passionate, yet conflicted, love for the Christian Ligia.
12

The Doings of Raffles Haw

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

Raffles Haw is a reclusive chemist who discovers a method to transmute lead into gold, granting him nearly infinite wealth.

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