Historical Fiction Online

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie - I binged-watched (10 episodes) of the Russian mini-series Ekaterina - The Rise of Catherine the Great on Amazon Prime this week. Beautiful costumes and scenery and also pretty accurate - highly recommend. I bought Massie's bio when it w...

I have no memory of Mr. Willoughby from the novels! My memory is bad, but I swear he's not new. Someone prove me wrong. http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13083207/outlander-season-3-episode-7-exclusive-clip/ http://hollywoodlife.com/2017/10/25/outlander-season-3-episode-7-preview-fergus-sex-vi...

I can't wait to see more of grown up Fergus and young Ian. Mr Willoughby - refresh my memory -

Library loans:

Ravenburn by Laura Black (1860s Scotland)

An Important Family by Dorothy Eden (New Zealand, upcoming buddy read at the GR Retro Reads group).

What an awesome episode.

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Might be considered spoilerish for those who haven't read Voyager.

I wonder if the green fridges were a US thing? I recall the dark brown ones too. Ugh.

The Batman touch was a good choice, but I hope they kept the zipper in. Going to be a long wait for the next episode.

Madeleine wrote: And with all the smoking, it's a wonder they haven't spontaneously combusted wearing those nylons

Lol, and smoking on the plane at that.

This week's episode, loved it. Loved the 1960s Boston setting, bonus points for the olive green fridge. Remember those? I really like the touch of Roger sitting there watching Dark Shadows, but - did they drop the ball? It was an afternoon show for me (I remember racing home from school to watch) an...

MLE (Emily Cotton) wrote:Her Merlin series is on my top 10 list. But her contemporaries are my favorite 'brain candy'. They're just right when I don't want to have to do any heavy thinking!

I love her romantic suspense books. And the Merlin series.