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by PeterKralic
Tue December 1st, 2015, 1:07 pm
Forum: Ask Your Fellow Readers
Topic: Need a cheery read!
Replies: 16
Views: 3428

Re: Need a cheery read!

If you haven't found anything yet, the Christmas book I'm reading now is very light hearted and good fun. A Christmas With The Dodger by Charlton Daines. The Artful Dodger is mature and settled, and has a foster son as well as children of his own, but a leopard never totally changes its spots.
by PeterKralic
Tue December 1st, 2015, 12:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Book candy
Replies: 2
Views: 156

Re: Book candy

Nice! The British Library has a virtual reading program for delicate books too.
by PeterKralic
Tue December 1st, 2015, 12:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Christmas Reads
Replies: 9
Views: 213

Christmas Reads

What is everyone reading for Christmas? Personally, I love Victorian Christmas stories. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is very traditional of course, but I like a change now and again too. I've started reading A Christmas With The Dodger by Charlton Daines, which has that Victorian/Dickensian ...
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:29 pm
Forum: Victorian
Topic: Victorian Ghost Stories!
Replies: 16
Views: 6121

Re: Victorian Ghost Stories!

Charles Dickens wrote some excellent Victorian ghost stories. There's a collection of them on Amazon for free if you have an ereader, or they can be had from Gutenberg.
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:28 pm
Forum: Victorian
Topic: Sequels and prequels for Dickens characters
Replies: 6
Views: 1986

Re: Sequels and prequels for Dickens characters

I've come across three sequels for Tiny Tim: Christmas Parcel by Alydia Rackham (Haven't read yet) Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard (DNF) Tim Cratchit's Christmas Carol by Jim Piecuch (reasonably good) There is also Marley’s Ghost by Mark Hazard Osmun, which I haven't seen. As for The Artful Dodger, seve...
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:15 pm
Forum: By Author
Topic: Mary Stewart
Replies: 92
Views: 13086

Re: Mary Stewart

Yay! Looks like they're finally making digital progress in the US. http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Stewart/e/B000AP6YNC/ref=la_B000AP6YNC_rf_p_n_feature_browse-b_2?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB000AP6YNC%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011&bbn=283155&ie=UTF8&qid=1440508430&rnid=618072011 I'm ple...
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:13 pm
Forum: By Country/Continent
Topic: Irish Historical Fiction
Replies: 42
Views: 25597

Re: Irish Historical Fiction

This is an old thread, but I recommend the author Ali Isaacs for Irish Historical Fiction. She brings the old tales alive very well.
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:11 pm
Forum: By Country/Continent
Topic: Ramses-The Son of Light
Replies: 15
Views: 8299

Re: Ramses-The Son of Light

Personally I loved this series, and knowing that Jacq is an Egyptologist lends credence to the factual information.
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who are your favorite HF King/Queen/rulers and why?
Replies: 8
Views: 338

Re: Who are your favorite HF King/Queen/rulers and why?

Queen Elizabeth I is probably one I find most interesting, closely followed by her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. I also have an interest in Ghengis Khan and in Alaric I of the Visigoths.
by PeterKralic
Thu November 19th, 2015, 2:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you reading: November 2015?
Replies: 38
Views: 1266

Re: What are you reading: November 2015?

I spent October reading ghost stories, but now reading some Victorian stories to get in the mood for Christmas. Currently on Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens and Jack Dawkins by Charlton Daines.

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