From the time I was a teenager through a good portion of my twenties, historical fiction was my go to genre.  John Jakes, James Michener, Edward Rutherford and others were among some my most reliable authors.  Michener and Rutherford would take one location, and use one or two families across the centuries (or millennia) to hit the highlights of English, Polish or Hawaiian history in one comprehensive tome, while John Jakes wrote sweeping family dramas spanning several books.  I also loved novels like The Mists […]