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4ever Queen's Reading Log

What have you read in 2009? Post your list here and update it as you go along! (One thread per member, please.)
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4ever Queen's Reading Log

Post by 4ever Queen » Tue October 20th, 2009, 5:09 pm

I have to put these in some kind of order, meanwhile, these are the authors i've read about that i can recall so far... :rolleyes:

Nora Loft
Philippa Carr/Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt
Sharon Kay Penman
Susan Higginbotham
Alexander Dumas
Philippa Gregory
Daphne du Maurier
Sandra Gulland
Nicholas Spark
Fiona Avery
Charlotte Bronte
Paulo Coelho
Alison Weir
Susan Holloway Scott
Phyllis A. Whitney
Catherine Coulter
Bertrice Small
Pamela Kaufman
Margaret George
Michelle Moran
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"A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival" (Here Be Dragons)

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Reading Log as of Nov'09

Post by 4ever Queen » Tue November 3rd, 2009, 12:35 am

Alison Weir:
Innocent Traitor—A novel of Lady Jane Grey
Alexander Dumas:
Queen Margot, or, Marguerite de Valois
The Knight of Maison-Rouge
Bertrice Small (quite a few—Romance w/ a touch of HF)
Catherine Coulter (too many—Romance w/ a touch of HF )
Charlotte Bronte:
Jane Eyre
Emma Brown
Daphne du Maurier:
Rebecca
Elizabeth Chadwick
Falcons of Montabard
Fiona Avery:
The Crown Rose (Isabelle, Princess of France 1225-1270)
Katie Hickman
The Aviary Gate
Margaret George:
The Autobiography of Henry VIII with Notes by His Fool, Will Somers—A novel
Michelle Moran
Cleopatra’s Daughter
Nicholas Spark:
The Notebook
Norah Lofts:
Eleanor the Queen
Pamela Kaufman:
The Book of Eleanor-a novel
Philippa Gregory:
The other Boleyn girl
The Boleyn inheritance
Phyllis A. Whitney (a few of them)
Paulo Coelho:
The Zahir—A novel of Obsession
Eleven Minutes
Veronika Decides to Die
By the River Piedra I sat down and wept
Sandra Gulland:
Mistress of the Sun (Louise de la Valliere 1644-1710 and Louis XIV, King of France 1638-1715)
Sharon Kay Penman:
Prince of Darkness: a medieval mystery
Time and Chance
When Christ and his saints slept
Falls the Shadow
Here be Dragons
The Sunne in Splendour
Susan Higginbotham:
Hug & Bess
Susan Holloway Scott:
The King's Favorite: a novel of Nell Gwyn and King Charles II

TBR Pile:
Anne Easter Smith
A Rose for a Crown
Marian Palmer
The Wrong Plantagenet
Martha Rofheart
Fortune made his sword—Henry V
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Jean Plaidy (Victoria Holt/Philippa Carr)

Post by 4ever Queen » Tue November 3rd, 2009, 12:49 am

Jean Plaidy (Historical Fiction):
Plantagenet Series
The Plantagenet Prelude Vol. 1
The Revolt of the Eaglets Vol. 2
The Prince of Darkness Vol. 4
The Queen from Provence Vol. 6
The Follies of the King Vol. 8
The Passage to Pontefract Vol. 10
The Star of Lancaster Vol. 11
Epitaph for Three Women Vol. 12
The Red Rose of Anjou Vol. 13
The Sun in Splendour Vol. 14

Tudor Series
Uneasy Lies the Head Vol. 1 (reprinted as To Hold the Crown)
Katharine the Virgin Widow Vol. 2 (included in Katherine of Aragon)
The Shadow of the Pomegranate Vol. 3 (included in Katherine of Aragon)
The King’s Secret Matter Vol. 4 (included in Katherine of Aragon)
Murder Most Royal Vol. 5
St. Thomas’s Eve Vol. 6 (reprinted as The King’s Confidant)
The Sixth Wife Vol. 7
The Thistle and the Rose Vol. 8
Mary, Queen of France Vol. 9
The Spanish Bridegroom Vol. 10 (reprint coming: For a Queen’s Love)
Gay Lord Robert Vol. 11 (reprint coming: A Favorite of the Queen)

Mary Stuart Series
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay Vol. 1
The Captive Queen of Scots Vol. 2

James I
The Murder in the Tower

Charles II Trilogy
The Wandering Prince Vol. 1 (included in The Loves of Charles II)
Health Unto His Majesty Vol. 2 (included in The Loves of Charles II)
Here Lies our Sovereign Lord Vol. 3 (included in The Loves of Charles II)

Stuart Saga
The Three Crowns Vol. 1 (included in Last of the Stuarts)
The Queen’s Favorites Vol. 3 (included in Last of the Stuarts)

Georgian Series
Queen in Waiting Vol. 2
The Prince and the Quakeress Vol. 4
Indiscretions of the Queen Vol. 8
The Regent’s Daughter Vol. 9

Queen Victoria Series
The Captive of Kensington Palace Vol. 1
The Queen and Lord M Vol. 2
The Widow of Windsor Vol. 4

Queens of England Series
Myself My Enemy Vol. 1 (also printed as Loyal in Love)
Queen of this Realm Vol. 2
Victoria Victorious Vol. 3
The Lady in the Tower Vol. 4
The Courts of Love Vol. 5
In the Shadow of the Crown Vol. 6
The Queen’s Secret Vol. 7
The Reluctant Queen Vol. 8
The Pleasures of Love Vol. 9 (also printed as The Merry Monarch’s Wife)
The Rose Without a Thorn Vol. 11

Lucrezia Borgia Series
Madonna of the Seven Hills Vol. 1
Light on Lucrezia Vol. 2

de’Medici Series
Madame Serpent Vol. 1
The Italian Woman Vol. 2
Catherine de’Medici Vol. 1,2,3

Henry of Navarre
Evergreen Gallant

French Revolution Series
Louis, the Well-Beloved Vol. 1
The Road to Compiegne Vol. 2

Other Titles
Beyond the Blue Mountains
The Goldsmith’s Wife (also printed as King’s Mistress)
It Began in Vauxhall Gardens (also printed as Melisande)
Madame Du Barry
Mary Queen of Scots: Fair Devil of Scotland
King’s Pleasure (also printed as Murder Most Royal)
Mary Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year (also printed as Royal Road to Fotheringhay)
The King’s Mistress (also printed as The Goldsmith’s Wife)
Melisande (also printed as It Began in Vauxhall Gardens)
Jean Plaidy: Selected Works; an Omnibus

Philippa Carr (Historical Romance, England 16th Century thru WWII)

The Miracle at St. Bruno's, 1972.
The Lion Triumphant, 1973.
The Witch from the Sea, 1975.
Saraband for Two Sisters, 1976.
Lament for a Lost Lover, 1977.
Song of the Siren, 1979.
Will You Love Me in September, 1980.
The Adulteress, 1981.
The Drop of the Dice, 1981.
Knave of Hearts, 1983; published in England as Zipporah's Daughter, Collins (London), 1983.
Voices in a Haunted Room, 1984.
The Return of the Gypsy, 1985.
Midsummer's Eve, 1986.
The Black Swan, 1991.
A Time for Silence, 1991.

Victoria Holt (Gothic Romance. Read all 33 novels) includes 2 HF:
Queen's Confession: A Biography of Marie Antoinette,1968,
My Enemy the Queen, (Elizabeth I, Queen of England), 1978.

Follow Plaidy's world at:
http://royal-intrigue.net/index.php
http://royalintrigue.blogspot.com/
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Post by 4ever Queen » Thu January 14th, 2010, 10:57 pm

My last reads in 2009 were:

The Last Queen by CW Gortner (totally recommned this novel)
In The Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
"A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival" (Here Be Dragons)

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http://everythingedward2.com/

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