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List of historical fiction by time period wikipedia. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Its getting me so excited to go to egypt in 2 weeks. Theyre an escape from our modern serialdating, netflix and chill world. These book on topic egyptian literature highly popular among the readers worldwide. Pauline gedge writes egyptian historical fiction in such a way that im transported to her world and care about her characters within moments of starting the journey. Historical romance also historical novel is a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.
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