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What are you reading May 2017?

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princess garnet
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Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Tue May 16th, 2017, 2:50 pm

Maid of the King's Court by Lucy Worsley (YA)
Eliza Rose Camperdowne goes to serve as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves. I've linked to the US edition in Amazon.

Note: The novel was first published as Eliza Rose in the UK.

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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

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Wed May 17th, 2017, 3:34 pm

I'm just about to start Sidney Chambers & the Shadow of Death by James Runcie, the first in the series of books which inspired the TV adaptation of Grantchester.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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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
Location: Temple of Isis

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by Nefret » Fri May 19th, 2017, 8:09 pm

Rereading Wars of the Roses- Bloodline by Conn Iggulden.
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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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
Location: Northeast Scotland

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by Lisa » Mon May 22nd, 2017, 10:42 am

I'm reading The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

I did try to read this as a child, but got bored quickly and gave up. Obviously it went over my head back then, but it's such a pleasant, relaxing read now. I'm glad I picked it up.

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Mon May 22nd, 2017, 3:53 pm

I'm reading a book for IndieBrag, which I'm not supposed to post the title of (readers are anonymous) but it is set in 11th-century Spain. So far it's a pleasant, albeit slow-moving family saga.

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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

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Tue May 23rd, 2017, 12:27 pm

I'm just about to start The Black Moon by Winston Graham, the fifth in the Poldark series.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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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

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by Madeleine » Tue May 23rd, 2017, 1:18 pm

ooh good one Vanessa ;) Are you getting ready for the new series on TV?
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Tue May 23rd, 2017, 7:28 pm

A Lady Unrivaled by Roseanna White
3rd and final novel in the "Ladies of the Manor" trilogy set in late Edwardian/early Georgian period. Other locales include the Scottish Highlands and Monaco.

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Nefret
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Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by Nefret » Fri May 26th, 2017, 9:36 pm

Just started Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean.
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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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Posts: 3566
Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Re: What are you reading May 2017?

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sat May 27th, 2017, 12:36 am

I'm well into Cashelmara, by Susan Howatch.

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