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Book recommendations?; Historical novel junkie...
Topic Started: Jan 9 2009, 03:27 PM (302 Views)
TarynJ
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Anyone have any author/book recommendations??? I'm a sucker for a good historical novel. It doesn't have to be a heavy read, just reasonably well written, and reasonably historically accurate!

I grew up reading my mother's collection of Georgette Heyer, MM Kaye, Jane Aiken Hodge etc... I have been known to read the odd bodice ripper, but will deny it in public :innocent:
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Princesses-the six daughters of George III by Flora Fraser. I'm an anglophile, so I recommend that one!
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I'm completely addicted to Phillippa Gregory.....it's my guilty pleasure!
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I just read these and enjoyed them:
The Josephine Bonaparte Trilogy (Paperback) by Sandra Gulland

Not at ALL what I usually like, but a co-worker gave them to me, so read them. I learned a lot about Josephine and Bonaparte!!!
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Phillipa Gregory - I've got everyone in the barn reading her books!

I just finished "I, Mona Lisa" by Jeanne Kalogridis, which was pretty fantastic as well.
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I *heart* historical fiction!!

I just read a whack, but they were all small series, and I can't just recall any of the authors right now... however, for lighter side, there is Judith Tarr (mostly sci fi, sci-fi historical, plus a few historicals, but she is a horse person too) and for the extreme lighter side of grrrreat bodice-rippers (to which I would NEVER admit to being addicted dahhhling) and a zillion great historicals, there is the awesome incomperable Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy etc etc... if you dont' know who I mean, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Plaidy. I love literature, but I love her too!!!
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I recently read the historical novel The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant. "Everybody" I know loved it. I thought it was ok.




Bodice Ripper would be a great horse name
Edited by Buryinghill1, Jan 9 2009, 08:30 PM.
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I liked Innocent Traitor by Allison Weir. Its about Lady Jane Grey-the nine days queen. I also just read The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly. Both were good.
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The Last Convertable.

I have a copy I will loan you if you send me your snail mail addy.


LVOE that book!!!
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I just finished Mistress of the Sun. It's about one of Louis XIV's mistresses. I liked it, but can't say I LOVED it.

I, Elizabeth is hands down one of my favorite books of all time.

Forever Amber, also a favorite.

Some others:

All Men Are Mortal

The Bastard, The Rebels, The Seekers, etc...the whole John Jakes series - although I think the first two are the best.



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DRAGON BREATH. DRAGGIN' BUTT
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MyGiantPony
Jan 12 2009, 01:01 PM


Forever Amber, also a favorite.



OMG!!!!

Someone else who remembers Forever Amber!!!!

Laughed my BUTT off reading that one!!!!
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Anything by Edward Rutherford- London, Princes of Ireland, Rebels of Ireland, etc.

The Shaara books- Killer Angels by Michael Shaara about the Civil War, all the rest by his son Jeff Shaara on the Civil War, American Revolution, Mexican War, WWI and WWII.

Colleen McCollough's series on Ancient Rome, starting about 30 years before the birth of Julius Caesar and continuing on past his assasination and the rise of Pompey and Augustus Caesar.

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hey101
Jan 12 2009, 04:33 PM
Anything by Edward Rutherford- London, Princes of Ireland, Rebels of Ireland, etc.
I really like his books. He did a great one on The New Forest.
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I read a really good one on Louis and Clark
Also Tecumsah

I'll have to dig out the books
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DairyQueen2049
Jan 12 2009, 01:44 PM
MyGiantPony
Jan 12 2009, 01:01 PM


Forever Amber, also a favorite.



OMG!!!!

Someone else who remembers Forever Amber!!!!

Laughed my BUTT off reading that one!!!!
My grandmother loved that book. When she gave me her copy, she told me about how scandalous it was when it came out. Sadly, that copy of hers was in bad shape when she gave it to me and it didn't last long. But I recently got a new copy at the library book sale!
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