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condottiere72
Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: October 2016
Currently reading: The Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters
Interest in HF: I've always enjoyed HF from any period, but am primarily interested in the 14th century now
Favourite HF book: Shogun, by James Clavell (maybe ... I have lots of favorites)
Preferred HF: No preference, though I'm not much into romance writing ...
Location: Northern California

Hello

Post by condottiere72 » Fri October 7th, 2016, 11:07 pm

Thanks for having me ... Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is reading.

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
Bibliomaniac
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: Hello

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sat October 8th, 2016, 4:23 pm

Hi, Condottiere, and welcome! I see we have a common favorite--Shogun has always been one of my top 10. Clavell does such an outstanding job of conveying a culture and political system completely alien to the reader--and to his protagonist. IMHO, it's his best work.

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Madeleine
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 5860
Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Re: Hello

Post by Madeleine » Sat October 8th, 2016, 4:28 pm

Hi and welcome!
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Misfit
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 9581
Joined: August 2008
Location: Seattle, WA

Re: Hello

Post by Misfit » Sat October 8th, 2016, 7:06 pm

Welcome aboard.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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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

Re: Hello

Post by Vanessa » Sun October 9th, 2016, 12:08 am

Welcome, Condottiere! I hope you enjoy it here.
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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Lisa
Bibliophile
Posts: 1153
Joined: August 2012
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: Hello

Post by Lisa » Mon October 10th, 2016, 10:41 am

Hi and welcome!

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