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30 Best Historical War Novels in the Ancient World

War fiction examines combat and its wider effects on soldiers, civilians, families and institutions. These novels range from battlefield narratives to resistance, occupation, captivity and the long consequences of violence.

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Ancient World 2,200 BCE–628 CE 284 books American History 1607–1912 CE 62 books Asia & the Islamic World 221 BCE–1,997 CE 76 books Medieval Period 330–1,816 CE 435 books Renaissance & Early Modern Europe c. 1300–1789 CE 14 books Russian Empire & Revolution 1721–1922 CE 8 books Tudor & Stuart Britain 1485–1714 CE 31 books Georgian & Regency Britain 1714–1837 CE 15 books War of the Spanish Succession 1701–1714 CE 1 book Dahir al-Umar and Autonomous Galilee c. 1730–1775 CE 1 book Age of Revolutions 1763–1848 CE 82 books Nineteenth-Century Europe 1815–1900 CE 57 books World War I & Interwar Era 1914–1939 CE 79 books World War II 1939–1945 CE 177 books Cold War and Post-war Era 1945–1991 CE 26 books

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