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30 Best Historical Sagas
Historical sagas use scale to connect individual lives with long periods, major events and changing societies. They often combine a large cast, multiple locations and interwoven plots rather than focusing on one household alone.
1,760 books
13 periods
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Ancient World
c. 3.3 million BCE–550 CE
262 books
History of the Americas
c. 15,000 BCE–present
329 books
Asian History
c. 221 BCE–present
107 books
Medieval Period
c. 476–1500 CE
356 books
Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
c. 1300–1789 CE
31 books
Tudor & Stuart Britain
1485–1714 CE
103 books
Georgian & Regency Britain
1714–1837 CE
36 books
Russian Empire & Revolution
1721–1991 CE
15 books
Age of Revolutions
1763–1848 CE
28 books
Long Nineteenth Century
1789–1914 CE
193 books
World War I & Interwar Era
1914–1939 CE
117 books
World War II
1939–1945 CE
67 books
Cold War and Post-war Era
1945–present
67 books
49 books are not yet assigned to a historical period.
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