Books like King hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett

The Return of the King concludes The Lord of the Rings, depicting Aragorn’s coronation as King of Gondor and the hobbits’ perilous journey to Mordor where the One Ring is ultimately destroyed, ending Sauron’s reign.

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

A historical novel set in the 12th century, focusing on the building of a cathedral and the surrounding community's fortunes amidst historical events of the time.

Wolf Hall is a 2009 historical novel by Hilary Mantel that follows Thomas Cromwell’s rise in Henry VIII’s Tudor court from 1500 to 1535, earning the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Craig of the Mohicans, a frontier scout turns away from civilization, forming a bond with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters across the perilous wilderness of America's frontier.

A 1751 adventure of a sixteen‑year‑old orphan kidnapped by his uncle who follows the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

A fast-paced historical romance set in early America, featuring the legendary Natty Bumppo and a love story set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War.

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

Natty Bumppo's first journey into frontier life and the challenges of defending his freedom against dangerous Indians and the corrupting influence of a ruthless new lawman, setting the stage for the larger story of The Last of the Mohicans.

A group of settlers encounters an old trapper on the prairie in 1805, as they push westward over the Great Plains for new land and opportunities in the United States of America, while the country is still being explored.

A novel exploring the daily lives of people in Tudor England, focusing on a kind father who educates his daughters and becomes influential in the government.

When Charles II flees after the Battle of Worcester, he disguises himself as a bridegroom, relying on a young lady, Juliana Coningsby, to aid his escape across Cromwell's England to France.

A biting satire that exposes post‑Civil War America’s political corruption, city life, and speculative greed through Twain’s wry commentary on legislators, businessmen, and urban excess.

A thrilling historical spy novel set during the American Revolution, inspired by accusations of venality and featuring a common man wrongly suspected as a spy for the British, who refuses to accept payment for information vital to the Patriot's cause.

Georgette Heyer’s tale follows William, Duke of Normandy, as he rises to become King of England in 1066, detailing his trials, alliances, and the pivotal Battle of Hastings.

A romance novel about a monarch and a novice who fall in love and navigate the complexities of power and desire.

True story about two young men from affluent families who, under the code names "Falcon" and "Snowman," commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB.

Set in 1679 Scotland, "Old Mortality" follows Henry Morton of Milnewood as he navigates the turbulent rebellion sparked by Archbishop Sharpe’s murder, the Covenanters’ clash with King James’ forces, and the looming Battle of Bothwell Bridge.

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this history, Jones resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world. They produced England's best and worst kings: Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice a queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; their son Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and his conniving brother King John, who was forced to grant his people new rights under the Magna Carta, the basis for our own bill of rights. Combining the latest academic research with a gift for storytelling, Jones vividly recreates the great battles of Bannockburn, Crécy, and Sluys and reveals how the maligned kings Edward II and Richard II met their downfalls. This is the era of chivalry and the Black Death, the Knights Templar, the founding of parliament, and the Hundred Years' War, when England's national identity was forged by the sword.