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Run out of favourite authors - looking for some new historical fiction. Recommendations please.


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In reply to an earlier post on 21 Jun 2012 11:03:29 BDT
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J. M. Hockey says:
For those who may feel tempted by mysteries set in Ancient Egypt why not try Diana Wilder's trilogy?

I woud heartily recommend them both as mysteries and as meticulously researched, evocative novels about the most enigmatic of the worlds ancient civilisations.

The City of RefugePharaoh's SonA Killing Among the Dead
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In reply to an earlier post on 28 Jul 2012 19:42:20 BDT
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Caroline W. says:
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Posted on 6 Sep 2012 13:20:21 BDT
Nicola Byrne says:
Follow the Dove Set at the beginning of the 20th century in an island community. How hard life was then, yet Isa's spirit still shines through.
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Posted on 7 Sep 2012 12:45:19 BDT
Ian Scott says:
Read a history text book and pretend it's fiction
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In reply to an earlier post on 11 Sep 2012 18:38:41 BDT
Robert James Bridge says:
Not sure whether you like a new untried author but here goes anyway.Historical Fiction .Kinmel Revisited the story of the Kinmel Army Camp riot in 1919 in North Wales in which five young soldiers were killed. And now more recently A Bolt From The Blue-The Halifax Explosion as seen through the eyes of a young boy who looses all his family in the tragedy and goes on to become a national hero.By Robert James Bridge.
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Posted on 14 Sep 2012 10:14:15 BDT
Tracy Sinclair says:
Jean Plaidy. Learned more from her books about history than I ever did at school. Fiction weaved around factual happenings.
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In reply to an earlier post on 15 Sep 2012 10:14:23 BDT
F. Nath says:
I must say I agree with you about ken Follett's books. Pillar of the earth was great, the rest, well not 'taint ma thang'. Gordon Doherty's books (Legionary and Stategos) are really good if you like Roman fiction. Worth a look maybe.
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In reply to an earlier post on 17 Sep 2012 15:13:31 BDT
Mrs. J. Storozynski says:
I used to love Georgette Heyer but recently bought a couple to have a re- read and nearly laughed outloud at the language and style - the use of once fashionable jargon such as , 'He was the ton.' Stap me vitals it was almost like watching Blackadder - I think they have gone past their sell by date
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In reply to an earlier post on 18 Sep 2012 00:07:00 BDT
Ainm eile says:
The brilliance of Georgette Heyer is that she is able to write convincingly in a a style which is similar to the speech of the period in which her books are set, unlike so many of the more modern authors who use language which is so obviously not correct, grammatically or otherwise, and who have little understanding of the social mores of the period. I can not remember the phrase you quote, it does not ring true I agree, or is it a paraphrase you are employing?
To my mind there are few who can compare with her as regards setting and story telling, and although there is no sexual content there is humour and wit.
However you might like to tryRose Melikan, Barbara Ewing or Imogen Robertson as authors who have written well written and engaging novels set in the early 19th Century.
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In reply to an earlier post on 21 Sep 2012 18:18:47 BDT
L M Durbin says:
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just read the comment that prompted your reply and I never read that either. I also do not remember her using the phrase 'stap me' - more a Scarlet Pimpernel phrase. I have re read the books countless times over the last 45 years and never tire of them, especially where, although all the books are stand alone, many continue with the same or related characters. Some books are even available on Kindle! Georgette Heyer will always be my favourite author.
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In reply to an earlier post on 21 Sep 2012 23:24:07 BDT
Ainm eile says:
I tnink we will have to start the Georgette Heyer appreciation society! I still remember when I first read her books in the junior library in Blackrock, Co Dublin, and now it is great to see that her books are once again in the bookshops. She is on my e-reader as a staple and never fails to please.
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In reply to an earlier post on 22 Sep 2012 11:30:47 BDT
reader says:
I have not read any Georgette heyer which books do you reccomend?
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In reply to an earlier post on 22 Sep 2012 13:56:36 BDT
Ainm eile says:
Start with These Old Shades, which is a precursor to Devil's Cub and then off you go, I don't think that any of her Regency novels have failed to please and I have re- read them all.
Hope you enjoy them.
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In reply to an earlier post on 22 Sep 2012 19:54:16 BDT
Paul Magnussen says:
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In reply to an earlier post on 20 Oct 2012 12:10:12 BDT
Mica2014 says:
Wolfhall was great, but why don't you try "The Witch and her Soul" by Christine Middleton. First book by the author, about the time of the Lancashire witch trials. Good story, well written, and depth and complication to the characters. Also you don't mention Ursula le Guin, can't believe you have found the Earthsea Quartet! wish I was reading them for the first time.
Hope this is useful:)
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Posted on 13 Nov 2012 12:22:29 GMT
JazzLover says:
PLease take a look at The Prisoner's Friend on eBooks. Short but well worth a read
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In reply to an earlier post on 13 Nov 2012 12:51:03 GMT
Brian says:
Flying with Angels (The Angel Mountain Saga)
You might like to try this one, which is on a free Kindle promo at the moment. As the author of the 8 Angel Mountain books, this is my favourite -- the heroine confronting old age, bit still sexy, and prone to indiscretions. Then she decides, as an act of kindness, to have sex with a married clergyman in the woods. Not a good idea, with somebody watching........
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Posted on 14 Nov 2012 17:55:30 GMT
Peter Merchant says:
try Harry Sidebottom
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In reply to an earlier post on 19 Nov 2012 18:04:13 GMT
Robert James Bridge says:
If you like historical fiction why not try my book which is written around the true story of the Halifax Explosion 1917 entitled "A Bolt From The Blue-The Halifax Explosion.A Fictional story using fictional characters around a tragedy that remains a part of history many will never forget.Thanks Robert James Bridge.
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In reply to an earlier post on 19 Nov 2012 18:50:47 GMT
Johanna M. Van Merwe says:
JM vd M says;
Few historical fiction deals with the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902. Just published: The Runaway Horses by Joyce Kotze. Unputdownable! The characters walk off the page! Intrigue, romance and battle scenes, a famliy saga. Historical facts and figures are true and well presented. Not a tale of woe. An impartial story of Brits and Boers. It does not accuse or condemn, only gives the plight of individuals at war. An excellent read.
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Posted on 20 Nov 2012 11:28:50 GMT
Ben Kane says:
Currently reading Tyrant: Storm of Arrows by Christian Cameron. It's the sequel to Tyrant, his first novel, and it's also excellent. (Set in 4th C BC, in central Asia, and about Greeks/Scythians and Alexander the Great, among others.)
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In reply to an earlier post on 20 Nov 2012 11:38:28 GMT
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G. Doherty says:
Coming up for halfway through Fred Nath's Galdir - A Slave's Tale (Roman Fiction) (Barbarian Warlord Saga) and really enjoying it. It's set during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and has taken me from Rome to Dacia so far. There has been plenty of action as well as some poignant character development (aided greatly by the first person pov). Excellent stuff and I'm glad to see there are sequels to look forward to.
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Posted on 20 Nov 2012 15:33:18 GMT
Suzi says:
Irene Nemirovsky - Suite Francaise - World War 2 drama
Jed Rubenfield - The Interpretation of Murder, if historical thrillers are your thing
Emma Rose Millar - Strains from an Aeolian Harp, if you like something a bit gritty
And of course anything by Philippa Gregory or Sarah Waters
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In reply to an earlier post on 20 Nov 2012 21:21:40 GMT
Marcus Pailing (Bartlesnipe's Revenge) says:
You recommend it, then, Ben? I read the first of Cameron's "Tyrant" books, but never got round to the others. I have to confess that I was a bit ambivalent about the first one; but it sounds as if it's worth trying out the others?
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