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Historical people

People

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

Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, court politics and dynastic power, and political […]

1 book

1429–1488

Elizabeth Paston was a member of the Norfolk gentry family whose correspondence survives in the Paston Letters. Her life, marriage negotiations and family disputes reveal the […]

1 series · 1 book

1565–c. 1647

Elizabeth “Bess” Throckmorton was a lady of the privy chamber to Elizabeth I and the wife of Walter Raleigh. Her secret marriage to Raleigh caused royal […]

1 book

Emperor Meiji

1 book

Emperor Meiji is represented in the linked historical fiction and non-fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, military command and battlefield decision-making, and social change and the […]

1 series · 1 book

1837–1898

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, widely known as Sisi, was the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Celebrated for her beauty and unconventional habits, she resisted court […]

1 series · 1 book

1851–1895

Empress Myeongseong, also called Queen Min, was the wife of King Gojong and an influential figure in late Joseon politics. She sought foreign support to resist […]

1 book

Enrico Dandolo was doge of Venice from 1192 to 1205 and one of the dominant leaders of the Fourth Crusade. Although elderly and visually impaired, he […]

1 series · 1 book

1268–1299

Eric II of Norway was a medieval king of Norway known as Eric Magnusson. His reign involved disputes with the church, conflict over Scottish and Norwegian […]

1 series · 1 book

1282–1318

Eric Magnusson was a Swedish duke and member of the royal Folkung dynasty. He became a central participant in civil conflict with his brother King Birger, […]

1 series · 1 book

1292–1355

Erling Vidkunsson was a powerful Norwegian nobleman and regent in the fourteenth century. He served as guardian and leading councillor during the minority of Magnus Eriksson […]

1 series · 1 book