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Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello, everyone.
I'm Pasky and I am a huge fan of fiction that focuses on colonial history. For me, Paul Scott's Raj Quartet is a prime example of the form. Not only did Scott create vivid, diverse characters, but he also raises larger issues regarding the morality of colonial rule, all within a fast-moving narrative.
Inspired by Scott's work, I'm currently working on a historical novel that looks at the legacy of the U.S. occupation of the Philippines. (More info is available here.)
I also am interested in non-fiction by people like Elaine Pagels, who studies the history behind sacred text. To me, Pagels's work offers some of the pleasures of historical fiction, which is to capture concepts, ideas, and beliefs that past peoples held dearly.
I hope I hear from others who are interested in these themes.
Thanks a whole bunch!
I'm Pasky and I am a huge fan of fiction that focuses on colonial history. For me, Paul Scott's Raj Quartet is a prime example of the form. Not only did Scott create vivid, diverse characters, but he also raises larger issues regarding the morality of colonial rule, all within a fast-moving narrative.
Inspired by Scott's work, I'm currently working on a historical novel that looks at the legacy of the U.S. occupation of the Philippines. (More info is available here.)
I also am interested in non-fiction by people like Elaine Pagels, who studies the history behind sacred text. To me, Pagels's work offers some of the pleasures of historical fiction, which is to capture concepts, ideas, and beliefs that past peoples held dearly.
I hope I hear from others who are interested in these themes.
Thanks a whole bunch!
- sweetpotatoboy
- Bibliophile
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- Location: London, UK
Hi Pasky. I haven't read the Raj Quartet (yet), but have read MM Kaye and Emma Drummond (AKA as Elizabeth Darrell).
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- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- 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
Welcome, Pasky! I hope you enjoy it here. I have the first couple of books in the Raj Quartet on my TBR pile.
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
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- 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
Hi Pasky. Read the Raj Quartet years ago and quite enjoyed them. I'm currently reading a US colonial period piece called <i>The Fontiersmen</i> by Allen Eckert who claims his fiction is actual fact and all dialog is from diaries and first person accounts. Interesting so far. Enjoy the forum and good luck with your book!
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- parthianbow
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Hi Pasky, and welcome!
Ben Kane
Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
http://www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
http://www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Hello and welcome!
PATHS OF EXILE - love, war, honour and betrayal in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, August 2009
Now available as e-book on Amazon Kindleand in Kindle, Epub (Nook, Sony Reader), Palm and other formats on Smashwords
Website: http://www.carlanayland.org
Blog: http://carlanayland.blogspot.com
Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, August 2009
Now available as e-book on Amazon Kindleand in Kindle, Epub (Nook, Sony Reader), Palm and other formats on Smashwords
Website: http://www.carlanayland.org
Blog: http://carlanayland.blogspot.com