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If they are then I haven’t heard of them. Outside of monarchy specific things which operate in the same time period (but certainly are not the focus)

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The series "The Last Kingdom" is based on the books by Bernard Cornwell. He also wrote the "Sharpe" books, which were adapted to several TV films (starring Sean Bean). They're set around the Napoleonic Wars, with some of them in India.

Hornblower is decent as well.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/

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