Historical Fiction with Historical Language (6 books)

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Historical fiction that has gone out of its way to imitate the authentic language of the time in which it is set. HISTORICAL FICTION ONLY -- no Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Chaucer: they were writing in the modern language of their time.

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