If any London based list members are interested, Hilary is bravely making the trek south of the river from her hotel to Wandsworth next Tuesday evening, 8th...
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Linda
duffyknits
Jan 2, 2008 2:39 pm
Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell Review: ...
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timbt
Jan 2, 2008 2:53 pm
Great group! I have gotten some great ideas already. My Barnes&Noble gift card is burning a hole in my pocket. I have just started re- reading, The Lymond...
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Jen Black
witchyneuk
Jan 2, 2008 3:38 pm
Welcome, Tim - always happy to see another Dunnett fan Jen Jen Black ... From: timbt To: histfict@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:48 PM ...
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Pam Gearhart
kaapaam
Jan 2, 2008 5:30 pm
Welcome, Tim. I'm new here too. You asked for World War One recommendations, and I read a few good ones in 2007. Flanders by Patricia Anthony ripped my heart...
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Pat Maynard
pkmayn
Jan 2, 2008 9:03 pm
... Hi Tim ... and welcome to the group! I can highly recommend Sebastian Faulks' novel, Birdsong ... which is set during WWI. Pat...
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Jackie
jkhsquonk
Jan 2, 2008 10:02 pm
I was trying to think of the author of the Regeneration books, so thanks, Pam, for reminding it was Pat Barker. They are a bit strange, but decent. There's...
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Sophiene
eiketske
Jan 3, 2008 5:04 pm
I read A Soldier of the Great War in 1995. I remember that so well because I was on vacation on Aruba when I read that. Of course now I live there. I found it...
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Sophiene
eiketske
Jan 3, 2008 5:04 pm
Oh yes, that one too!! Sophiene Reading is like breathing ... From: Pat Maynard <pkmaynard@...> To: histfict@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January...
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Jean Lancaster
jeanlancaster67
Jan 4, 2008 1:46 pm
Many years ago, I bought a copy of the "King's Traitor" by Doris Leslie to find inside the cover a different book - "As the Tree Falls". Two weeks ago, I...
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Pam Gearhart
kaapaam
Jan 4, 2008 2:45 pm
How odd! It's not the same book but published under two different titles? From: "Jean Lancaster"...
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Lois Menzel
ljfmljfm
Jan 4, 2008 4:00 pm
They are the same book. The King's Traitor was the US title. Lois...
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bmith72
Jan 4, 2008 5:15 pm
Hello all. I am new to this site and was drawn here after reading "Fire Bell in the Night" by Geoffrey Edwards. I was completely transported to the...
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Laura
airillusion
Jan 4, 2008 8:00 pm
Hello and welcome to this group. Have you tried the Starbuck Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell? I haven't read any of them myself but I have friends who love...
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shirley skinner
sgs11_98
Jan 4, 2008 9:03 pm
Just wanted to say how sad I was to hear of the death of George MacDonald Fraser, one of Britain's greatest historical novelists, which was announced ...
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Jen Black
witchyneuk
Jan 4, 2008 9:29 pm
Oh, and I just read his last book a couple of months ago. That was a send up of historical romance, too. But he was old, I think, in his eighties. Jen ... ...
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grandmareadme@...
grandmareadm...
Jan 5, 2008 2:59 am
I have this book on one of my many shelves at home. I did come up a list of books for you but right now I am useing DH computer at work and of course my list...
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Michelle Ludlow
mludlow2002
Jan 5, 2008 6:39 am
I can't remember the person who recommended this series after I wrote about BC's Archer books, but despite being disenchanted by Arthur in other books - I too...
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Kim Gelderman
gelderman85
Jan 5, 2008 5:47 pm
Hi Michelle, I think I recommended the Warlord Chronicles to you if I'm not mistaken. I really enjoyed them too although I read them years ago. I just ...
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Linda
duffyknits
Jan 6, 2008 5:08 pm
Historical novel by Jean Plaidy, on the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. ...
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hiraeth2
Jan 6, 2008 5:25 pm
... courts-of-love-by-jean-plaidy/ ... A lot of Plaidy's books have been reissued, though there are some PC name changes! Personally I think her best were the...
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Linda
duffyknits
Jan 6, 2008 5:29 pm
Tracy-Anne, we have the same English historical novel interests. After the Charleses, I usually don't find much of interest. Best, Linda...
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hiraeth2
Jan 7, 2008 10:48 am
I'm guessing that the Tudors were Plaidy's real passion and she only wrote about the other kings and queens because her publishers wanted her to. She was an...
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Linda
duffyknits
Jan 9, 2008 2:15 am
That makes sense, Tracy Anne....
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Michelle
mludlow2002
Jan 9, 2008 2:20 am
I loved Sword Song too Kim. The only one of Cornwell's that I just can't
make myself read is the Sharpe Series. Feel free to defend it as wonderful
anyone -...
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Kim Gelderman
gelderman85
Jan 9, 2008 2:46 am
I'm not even interested in the Sharpe series. Wrong century, and if I'm not mistaken, wrong country. Isn't France the backdrop for these novels? I have a...
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SHANNANUSAR@...
roleplaylover
Jan 11, 2008 3:15 pm
The Georgian Saga is good. I really enjoyed them. Shannan ... From: Linda <lpagliuco@...> To: histfict@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:29 pm ...
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T Lower
writefromthe...
Jan 11, 2008 3:25 pm
If you like meaty Civil War novels (love stories) Shades of Gray (Jessica James) is a good one. I'm going to try out Fire Bell in the Night! MM...
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marc ladewig
mando45
Jan 11, 2008 3:57 pm
This is an excerpt from Odysseus-The Epic Myth of the Hero, a novel length, narrative poem by Marc Ladewig, soon to be published early in 2008. Odysseus has...
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Beth Smith
bmith72
Jan 11, 2008 3:58 pm
I look forward to hearing your suggestions. Someone else suggested Bernard Cornwell, so I'm going to check him out in the meantime. ... From:...
