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EC2
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Post by EC2 » Mon December 22nd, 2008, 9:20 pm

[quote=""Vanessa""]I'm just about to start Mr Timothy by Louis Bayard.[/quote]

I really enjoyed that one. I've got a review in my PC archives somewhere. I'll have to look it up.
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Post by nona » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 2:58 am

hey chuck have you read any of James Duffy, he wrote a gladiator series I jusy ordered and am curious what I might be in store for.

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Post by chuck » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 4:16 am

Nona...I have heard nothing but great things about his novels......check with Annis or Margaret....I'm sure one of them has read him and will give you A good review.....Enjoy and have fun......
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Post by annis » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 7:02 am

Sorry to disappoint, Nona, but I haven't actually read them, though they sound good and they've been on my wishlist for some time. Unfortunately they're not available through the inter-library loan service here currently, and I'm trying to be good about not buying any more books for a while as my yearly book budget is sadly overspent.
There's a bit of info about the stories on JD's website, with some audio and video clips.
http://www.gladiatorsoftheempire.com/gladiators.htm

Carla would probably be your best bet, or you could try posting on the
Ancient Greece/Rome thread at the Amazon Historical Fiction Forum- it's pretty likely that someone there might have read the Gladiators of the Empire series
http://www.amazon.com/tag/historical%20 ... 1YIP3Y4AUL

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Post by Ash » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 1:22 pm

Just finished a non fiction essay/book by Margaret Atwood, Debt: the shadow world of wealth. This is a short easy to read book that looks at our economic world in terms of debt, lending, and the balance between them. Fascinating stuff, certainly something to read for anyone concerned about how we got where we are now. The end is a little bit of a hammer to the head, but that's Atwood. Well worth the read

Now reading the first in the Sister Fidelma series Absolution by Murder
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Mr Timothy by Louis Bayard

Post by Vanessa » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 2:16 pm

[quote=""EC2""]I really enjoyed that one. I've got a review in my PC archives somewhere. I'll have to look it up.[/quote]

I've only read two chapters so far, but think I'm going to enjoy it. I don't seem to have much time for reading atthe moment.
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Post by LCW » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 5:23 pm

I'm starting on Ariel Rising by Elizabeth Redfern. I only got to read about 20 pages before I was too tired last night but so far the writing seems very good. We'll see!
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Post by Susan » Wed December 24th, 2008, 2:06 pm

Finished Vivaldi's Virgins last night. I'm going to move to a different country and to a different art and read The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.
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Post by Ash » Wed December 24th, 2008, 2:23 pm

Now reading The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts, about Katherine of Aragon. I know many love Phillipa Gregory, but check this book out along with Concubine, and tell me that Loft doesn't run circles around the more recent author. Well written, well researched, with charcters that you care very much about. I even actually like Henry VIII in this book (as a young man....)

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Post by boswellbaxter » Wed December 24th, 2008, 2:28 pm

[quote=""Ash""]Now reading The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts, about Katherine of Aragon. I know many love Phillipa Gregory, but check this book out along with Concubine, and tell me that Loft doesn't run circles around the more recent author. Well written, well researched, with charcters that you care very much about. I even actually like Henry VIII in this book (as a young man....)[/quote]

I agree--and she does it without the sensation and all of the sex.
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