My love of historical fiction started with reading my mother's copies of Jean Plaidy and Georgette Heyer. A book by Plaidy (writing as Victoria Holt), The Queen's Confession, about Marie Antoinette, sparked my interest in pre-revolutionary France and led to a degree in history and an MA in art history.
I'm now a curator and lecturer, specialising in 17th and 18th century France, and am working on the second draft of a novel about the court of Louis XIV.
My five all-time favourites, in no particular order:
1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
2. Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber
3. Anya Seton, Katherine
4. Sergeanne Golon, the Angelique series
5. Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl
I have also enjoyed historicals by: Norah Lofts, Margaret George, Elizabeth Chadwick, Alison Weir, Daphne du Maurier...and no doubt many others I can't now remember! Currently reading: Annemarie Selinko, Desiree
Wishing you all a lovely day
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- Miss Moppet
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- diamondlil
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Hi Miss Moppet and welcome!
I really like the books you have listed as your favourites. I am currently working my way through the Angelique series.
Look forward to seeing you around the boards.
I really like the books you have listed as your favourites. I am currently working my way through the Angelique series.
Look forward to seeing you around the boards.
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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
Hi Miss Moppet
Hello and welcome - hope you enjoy it here!
You've listed some of my favourites there, too!
Hello and welcome - hope you enjoy it here!
You've listed some of my favourites there, too!
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
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Welcome! What a sweet avatar.
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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.
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- Miss Moppet
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I am currently working my way through the Angelique series.
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Oh, I envy you. As much fun as it is to re-read, there's nothing like reading a great book for the first time. I devoured the first six books one after the other. The ones I re-read most often now are Road to Versailles and Angelique in Revolt.
I am currently working my way through the Angelique series.
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Oh, I envy you. As much fun as it is to re-read, there's nothing like reading a great book for the first time. I devoured the first six books one after the other. The ones I re-read most often now are Road to Versailles and Angelique in Revolt.
- Anna Elliott
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Welcome, it's great to meet you! And good luck with your novel--it sounds fascinating!
Author of the Twilight of Avalon trilogy
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- diamondlil
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[quote=""Miss Moppet""]Oh, I envy you. As much fun as it is to re-read, there's nothing like reading a great book for the first time. I devoured the first six books one after the other. The ones I re-read most often now are Road to Versailles and Angelique in Revolt.[/quote]
The last one I read was Angelique and the Sultan
The last one I read was Angelique and the Sultan
My Blog - Reading Adventures
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton