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Post by MLS859 » Sat September 6th, 2008, 11:04 pm

England, 1456, with Isobel Ingoldesthorpe and John Neville.

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Post by Ariadne » Sat September 6th, 2008, 11:45 pm

In 1907 Barcelona with a bunch of street musicians.

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Post by Charm » Sun September 7th, 2008, 10:03 am

Okay, maybe its not historical fiction, but I'm in the 1960's driving across the United States

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Post by pat » Sun September 7th, 2008, 10:17 am

Ermmm...London in 2004ish!
A good book and a good coffee, what more can anyone want? xx

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Post by Vanessa » Sun September 7th, 2008, 1:21 pm

In Egypt in 1282 BC.
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Post by Judith » Wed September 10th, 2008, 12:27 am

"cough" 2008 Charleston, South Carolina.

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Post by Carine » Wed September 10th, 2008, 6:20 am

In Dublin 1167

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Precious Bane by Mary Webb

Post by Vanessa » Wed September 10th, 2008, 1:08 pm

I be in Shropshire at the beginning of the 19thC, that I be! I be going to my father's funeral on a dewy summer night, as t'is the custom around these parts. My brother has volunteered to be the Sin Eater, that he has.

I do be speakin' in a strange way, that I do! :D I do be thinkin' that I be takin' a long time to read this there book due to the dialect t'is written in.


(I'm trying to get my head round the dialect - I find myself trying the say the accent in my head, in fact I think I would understand it better if I said it out loud!! LOL)
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Post by donroc » Wed September 10th, 2008, 2:29 pm

Amsterdam, 1643 -- starting 2nd draft of sequel to ROCAMORA. My Spanish MC is experiencing his first encounter with ice skating on the frozen canals.
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Bodo the Apostate, a novel set during the reign of Louis the Pious and end of the Carolingian Empire.

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Post by EC2 » Wed September 10th, 2008, 3:15 pm

[quote=""Vanessa""]I be in Shropshire at the beginning of the 19thC, that I be! I be going to my father's funeral on a dewy summer night, as t'is the custom around these parts. My brother has volunteered to be the Sin Eater, that he has.

I do be speakin' in a strange way, that I do! :D I do be thinkin' that I be takin' a long time to read this there book due to the dialect t'is written in.


(I'm trying to get my head round the dialect - I find myself trying the say the accent in my head, in fact I think I would understand it better if I said it out loud!! LOL)[/quote]

My dear, you do sound roightly to be speaking some form of Dorset or Wiltshire so 'ee do!
Still, it do sound nice. If it was written in a Nottinghamshire accent it'd be horrid!

Meanwhile, I am at the Tudor court in London and have just been appointed a holy fool to the dying young king Edward.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal

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