Historical fiction is fun, there is a great one on cleopatra I read long ago, very large. Wrote ended up becoming a world renowned expert on her. A great read.
Ya, I remember enjoying James Michener's books. Centennial and The Drifters were the ones I read.
James Clavell was also good.
Neither were historically accurate, but they did a good job of making you feel you were living in those times and places.
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