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What Are You Reading? April 2013
- 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
Yes, that's one of my favourite children's books, too.
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
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman - absorbing episodic saga about a midwife with a past, set at the time of the Great Depression. Really enjoying it so far.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
God Save the King by Laura Purcell; got this for my Kindle for a good price ($2.99 I think). It's about George III. I've never read any NF about the Hanoverians (well, perhaps a Plaidy or two over 30 years ago). The author plans on writing other HF about Hanoverian women. See http://laurapurcell.com/
~Susan~
~Unofficial Royalty~
Royal news updated daily, information and discussion about royalty past and present
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/
~Unofficial Royalty~
Royal news updated daily, information and discussion about royalty past and present
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth. Part historical novel and part fantasy/fairy story, where the tales of real-life 17th-century French storyteller Charlotte-Rose de la Force and two 16th-century Venetian characters from her best-known fable, known to us now as Rapunzel, are woven seamlessly together. Excellent.
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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
I have Bitter Greens on my TBR pile. Glad to know that you think it's excellent, Annis.
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
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1797
- Joined: August 2008
- Location: Maryland
Crown of Thorns by Stephane Groueff (NF)
Biography of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
The Bulgarian royal family has a website--the English language option is located on the upper right hand side.
Biography of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
The Bulgarian royal family has a website--the English language option is located on the upper right hand side.
[quote=""annis""]Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth. Part historical novel and part fantasy/fairy story, where the tales of real-life 17th-century French storyteller Charlotte-Rose de la Force and two 16th-century Venetian characters from her best-known fable, known to us now as Rapunzel, are woven seamlessly together. Excellent.[/quote]
[quote=""Vanessa""]I have Bitter Greens on my TBR pile. Glad to know that you think it's excellent, Annis.[/quote]
I have it on my TBR pile as well!
[quote=""Vanessa""]I have Bitter Greens on my TBR pile. Glad to know that you think it's excellent, Annis.[/quote]
I have it on my TBR pile as well!
Brenna
Bitter Greens is a sumptuous, evocative story, but like all the best fairy tales has its moments of darkness and terror - poverty, murder, rape and torture in the name of religion. One reviewer describes it as racy, though it doesn't strike me as such. Given the fact that two of the characters are courtesans, sex is rather unavoidable! Not to mention that sex and blood are inextricably tangled with the magical arts. Modern paranormals are much racier, IMO. And just who is Sœur Seraphina? I have my suspicions, and if they are correct I think we'll find that the lines between fact and fiction are more than a little blurred
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