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Year of the Horsetails: Reader's Favorite finallist

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Cuchulain
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Year of the Horsetails: Reader's Favorite finalist

Post by Cuchulain » Tue July 2nd, 2013, 6:05 pm

The reprinted historical novel The Year of the Horsetails by R. F. Tapsell has reached the finals of the Reader's Favorite Awards in the Historical Fiction category. See all the finalists at http://readersfavorite.com/2013-award-c ... inners.htm
Find this book on Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Year-Horset ... horsetails
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annis
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Post by annis » Wed July 3rd, 2013, 3:31 am

From the descriptions of his style, I wouldn't be surprised if Tapsell himself was influenced during his younger reading years by pulp fiction greats like Harold Lamb's Cossack adventures :)

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