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12 books with a reading profile close to The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

A Girl Called Samson

by Amy Harmon

Also clear-cut · history, romance

Deborah Samson, an indentured servant in late eighteenth-century Massachusetts, secures her freedom only to encounter the limitations placed on women during the American Revolution.
2

The Giver of Stars

by Jojo Moyes

Also clear-cut · history, romance

Set in Depression-era Kentucky, Alice Wright marries a handsome American to escape her stifling life in England, only to find herself trapped in a rigid, judgmental coal town.
3

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen, David LeDoux

Also clear-cut · history, romance

Ninety-three-year-old Jacob Jankowski lives in a nursing home, recalling his sudden departure from Cornell University during the Great Depression.
4

The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough

Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance

Set in the rugged Australian outback during the early twentieth century, this multi-generational saga follows the Cleary family as they struggle to maintain a sheep station called Drogheda.
5

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

by Allison Pataki

Also clear-cut · history, romance

Marjorie Merriweather Post inherits his father’s Postum Cereal Company at age twenty-seven, transforming a modest family business into the massive General Foods corporation.
6

The First Ladies

by Marie Benedict

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

This historical novel centers on the real-world partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
7

Finding Dorothy

by Elizabeth Letts

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

This novel follows Maud Gage Baum, the widow of L.
8

The Second Mrs. Astor

by Shana Abe

Also clear-cut and escapist · history, narrative

Shana Abe reconstructs the life of Madeleine Force, the teenager who became the second wife of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV.
9

From Sand and Ash

by Amy Harmon

Also clear-cut · history, romance

Set in 1943 Italy, the narrative follows Eva Rosselli, a Jewish woman, and Angelo Bianco, a Catholic priest, as they navigate the German occupation of Rome.
10

The Rose Garden

by Susanna Kearsley

Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance

After the death of her sister, Eva Ward returns to the Cornish coast and her childhood sanctuary, Trelowarth.
11

America's First Daughter

by Stephanie Dray

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph serves as the primary protector of Thomas Jefferson’s reputation and household throughout this narrative.
12

The Indigo Girl

by Natasha Boyd

Also clear-cut · history, romance

In 1739, sixteen-year-old Eliza Lucas is left in charge of three South Carolina plantations while her father pursues military ambitions in Antigua.

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