Hello. I am another new member and I am hoping to pick up ideas for further reading in the HF genre, as well as get involved in discussions about the genre.
I lean towards the swashbuckler HF authors such as Sabatini, Cornwell, Shellabarger, Robert E. Howard. I am looking forward to one of my favorites Perez-Reverte coming out in English with the latest in the Alatriste series.
I have just come across the name of Emilio Salgari, a 19th century Italian author who wrote the Sandokar and Black Corsair series. Has anyone read these?
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I havent read them but welcome aboard. Post early and often.
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
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Thanks for the welcomes. I can't recommend enough the Alatriste series by Perez-Reverte (also an ambitious movie made in Spain starring Viggo Mortensen). He credits Sabatini and Dumas as some of his inspirations, while writing an epic historical series set in the golden age of 17th century Spain. The English translations are excellent, and quick reads.
Divia - checked out and enjoyed your YA blog. We share similar vocations, I work at the Dallas Library Children's Center as a Library Associate. I find much of the best current writing is done for these age groups, a certain purity to the good stuff.
Divia - checked out and enjoyed your YA blog. We share similar vocations, I work at the Dallas Library Children's Center as a Library Associate. I find much of the best current writing is done for these age groups, a certain purity to the good stuff.
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Welcome, Jonathon - you'll find many like-minded souls here. Have fun!
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Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
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New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
http://www.juleswatson.com
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Hi Jonathan
Hello and welcome - hope you enjoy it here.
Hello and welcome - hope you enjoy it here.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Welcome to the forum Jonathan!
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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
Hi Jonathan and welcome. I like swashbucklers too, I have a great fondness for Dumas and his Musketeer series.
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