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Historical people

People

Browse historical figures ranked by the number of books linked to them.

1866–1919

Alice Wheeldon was a British suffragist, socialist and anti-war activist. In 1917 she and members of her family were convicted of conspiring to murder Prime Minister […]

1 series · 1 book

Allan Pinkerton is represented in the linked historical fiction through crime, espionage and covert power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and political ambition and government. These […]

1 book

Allectus

1 book

died 296

Allectus succeeded Carausius and ruled Britain from 293 until the Roman reconquest of 296. His brief reign ended the independent Britannic regime established by Carausius. The […]

1 series · 1 book

Ambiorix

1 book

Ambiorix was a leader of the Eburones who organised one of the most serious revolts against Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. In 54 BCE his […]

1 series · 1 book

Ambrose Bierce is represented in the linked historical fiction through social change and the pressures of ordinary life and family, marriage and personal loyalty. These works […]

1 book

Ambrose Burnside is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and crime, espionage and covert power. […]

1 series · 1 book

Amnon

1 book

c. 12th century BCE–c. 11th century BCE

Amnon was the eldest son of King David in the biblical account. His assault on his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by Absalom deepen the violence […]

1 book

Andrew Johnson is represented in the linked historical fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and political ambition and […]

1 series · 1 book