Have you tried King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett? A very different theory about the historical Macbeth and Gruoch, and one of my all-time favourites.princess garnet wrote:Lady Macbeth by Susan F. King
Borrowed a library copy of this novel. The story of Lady Macbeth is very different than Shakespeare's play!
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- Sun February 28th, 2016, 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading February 2016
- Replies: 55
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Re: What are you reading February 2016
- Sun February 28th, 2016, 1:14 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Nube
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5296
Re: Nube
Hello and welcome!
- Sun February 28th, 2016, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Middle aged newbie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 256
Re: Middle aged newbie
Hello and welcome! I was going to mention Edward Rutherford's books, but I see Lisa has beaten me to it.
- Sun February 28th, 2016, 1:11 pm
- Forum: By Author's Last Name A-F
- Topic: To Defy a King, by Elizabeth Chadwick
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To Defy a King, by Elizabeth Chadwick
US: Sourcebooks 2011, ISBN 978-1-4022-5089-7, 508 pages. UK: Sphere 2010, ISBN 978-1847442369, 550 pages. Uncorrected advance review copy of the US edition kindly supplied by publisher, UK edition sourced independently. Set in England in 1204-1218 during the turbulent reign of King John, To Defy a K...
- Thu February 11th, 2016, 8:41 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hello! What a friendly forum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 245
Re: Hello! What a friendly forum
Hello and (belated) welcome!
Re: Scotland
Hello Catcarbon and welcome! May is a lovely time of year in Scotland - I think it's my favourite season. For historical fiction about Robert Bruce, Nigel Tranter and Robert Low have both written trilogies. Nigel Tranter's trilogy was written around 1970, and follows Bruce as the central character f...
- Thu December 3rd, 2015, 7:50 pm
- Forum: By Author's Last Name R-Z
- Topic: Better Than Gold, by Theresa Tomlinson
- Replies: 0
- Views: 890
Better Than Gold, by Theresa Tomlinson
A & C Black 2014. ISBN 978-1-4729-0782-0. 124 pages. Better Than Gold is set around 655 AD in Northumbria (in what is now north-east England) and Mercia (in what is now the Midlands). The main character, Egfrid, is a historical figure, and his time as a hostage at the royal court of Mercia is a hist...
Re: Devon
Thanks, Madeleine - I thought it was. Sounds like you had a lovely holiday!
Re: Devon
Is it the Cobb in Lyme Regis that features in Jane Austen's Persuasion?
- Thu August 13th, 2015, 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Am I the only one...?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1047
Re: Am I the only one...?
You're definitely not the only one. I often look up events and people that have caught my interest. Sometimes it's just a quick look on Wikipedia to see if a character is fictional or historical, sometimes I'll try and find a history book or a biography to read up in more detail. I'm equally happy w...