[quote=""MLE""]Hi Manu! What is your favorite historical fiction novel?[/quote]
A dead heat between Judith Gleason’s Agotime, Her Legend and Yvette Christiansë’s Unconfessed.
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- Wed July 11th, 2012, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: From Accra, Ghana
- Replies: 12
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- Tue July 10th, 2012, 9:04 pm
- Forum: Young Adult Historical Fiction
- Topic: Historical Fiction Picture Books?
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Abina and the Important Men, a Graphic History is an unusual book which has been attracting a great deal of attention in academia in the U.S. In the archives in Ghana, historian Trevor Getz found the handwritten record of a court case, dated 10 November 1876. The plaintiff, a young Asante woman cal...
- Mon July 9th, 2012, 12:06 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: From Accra, Ghana
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1866
From Accra, Ghana
I was born near Cape Town, South Africa in 1936 but have spent most of my adult life in Ghana. My first novel, Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade , was published in 2001 and won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Best First Book. A sequel, Brave Music of a Distant Drum , was published...
- Mon July 9th, 2012, 11:10 am
- Forum: Books by Historical Fiction Online Members
- Topic: Guidelines and Additions
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Historical Fiction/18th Century Manu Herbstein (Manuherb): Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade Follows Ama from enslavement in the Sahel to a sugar estate in Bahia. Winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Best First Book. http://www.ama.africatoday.com Historical Fiction/18th Cen...