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Book Shopping 2015

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Nefret
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Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
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Post by Nefret » Fri January 16th, 2015, 11:34 pm

The new local library-

The Norman Conquest- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England by Marc Morris
The First Fossil Hunters- Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Ian Mortimer
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Post by Vanessa » Fri January 23rd, 2015, 10:28 am

I was at a reading group weekend away last week in the Peak District. Here're my BOGOF (buy one, get one free) purchases from the Book Barn (it's a great place to spend a few hours if you love books!):

The Poet's Wife by Judith Allnatt
Broadmaw Bay by F G Cottam
The Memory Box by Sarah Webb
The Shipping News by Annie Proux
The Autobiography of Mrs Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
The Truth About Ruby Valentine by Alison Bond
The Woman in Silk by R J Gadney

plus some little board books for Maisie, my granddaughter!

And here are some books which I swapped:

Flora By Gail Godwin
Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
First Impressions by Charlie Lovett
The Secrets Women Keep by Fanny Blake

I've also received The Iron Necklace by Giles Waterfield via Real Readers to read and review. I haven't heard of this author before so a new one to me. Here's the blurb:
The magical wedding of Thomas, an idealistic German architect, and Irene, an English artist, brings together the Curtius and Benson families. But their peace is soon shattered by the outbreak of war in Europe.While Irene struggles to survive in a country where she is the enemy, her sister Sophia faces the war as a nurse on the Western Front.
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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Mon January 26th, 2015, 8:22 pm

Just one Damned Thing After Another
Second Chance
A Symphony of Echoes
all by Jodi Taylor
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Nefret
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Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
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Post by Nefret » Tue January 27th, 2015, 11:47 pm

From new library-

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Daughters of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton
The Plantagenets- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
Clariel by Garth Nix
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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Post by emr » Wed January 28th, 2015, 9:24 am

[quote=""Madeleine""]Just one Damned Thing After Another
Second Chance
A Symphony of Echoes
all by Jodi Taylor[/quote]

Oh those sound cool....
"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

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Mortimer is good

Post by Jen Black » Wed January 28th, 2015, 11:24 am

[quote=""Nefret""]The new local library-

The Norman Conquest- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England by Marc Morris
The First Fossil Hunters- Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Ian Mortimer[/quote]

I have Ian Mortimer's books on Medieval and Elizabethan England and found them fascinating. He has a nice style, too. I use them often to check facts for my own writing.

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Lamentations

Post by Jen Black » Wed January 28th, 2015, 11:28 am

I don't recognise some of these titles and wondered if they are US published? The book I bought myself over Christmas is Lamentations by C J Sansom. I haven't started it yet - I'm saving it, expecting a really good read.

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Madeleine
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Post by Madeleine » Fri January 30th, 2015, 2:04 pm

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Nefret
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Post by Nefret » Wed February 4th, 2015, 3:35 pm

Local library-

The greatest knight : the remarkable life of William Marshal, the power behind five English thrones by Thomas Asbridge
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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Post by princess garnet » Wed February 4th, 2015, 6:25 pm

[quote=""Nefret""]Local library-

The greatest knight : the remarkable life of William Marshal, the power behind five English thrones by Thomas Asbridge
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens[/quote]

I have and read Nicholas Nickleby published by Penguin Classics with a 2003 copyright date. It's one of Dickens's early novels; it was originally a magazine serial.

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