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September 2009: What are you reading?
- diamondlil
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September 2009: What are you reading?
Share your September reads in this thread.
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A non-fiction, Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser. My husband bought it for me for Christmas a few years ago because I always said my knowledge of French royals was lacking. Since I've been to Paris this summer and I read some HF about French royals, I thought it would be a good idea to read this. I've always liked Antonia Fraser's NF writing style. She makes it read like a narrative and not just a collection of facts.
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Royal news updated daily, information and discussion about royalty past and present
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/
[quote=""Veronica""]Please let me know what you think about. Got this only a month ago or so but haven't even got close to reading it yet. Scared that her books might be "heavy" reading.[/quote]
I have read a lot of non-fiction, particularly about royals, and Antonia Fraser is one of my favorite NF authors. I find her books very informative and not heavy at all. Since I just read some HF in which Louis XIV and the people who surrounded him were characters, I already know who they are as Fraser discusses them. I think that is helping me a lot because French royals are not my forte.
I have read a lot of non-fiction, particularly about royals, and Antonia Fraser is one of my favorite NF authors. I find her books very informative and not heavy at all. Since I just read some HF in which Louis XIV and the people who surrounded him were characters, I already know who they are as Fraser discusses them. I think that is helping me a lot because French royals are not my forte.
~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/
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[quote=""Veronica""]Please let me know what you think about. Got this only a month ago or so but haven't even got close to reading it yet. Scared that her books might be "heavy" reading.[/quote]
I read this last year ("Love and Louis XIV") and didn't find it heavy at all.
SM
I read this last year ("Love and Louis XIV") and didn't find it heavy at all.
SM
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Thank you guys, got two books by her so I might have to look in to reading them in a near future. I like to learn but if non fiction are too heavy I wont really stick to it.
Now reading a HF based on a true family saga "Red river" by Lalita Tademy. Her first book was "Cane river" which I quite liked. Recommended read actually.
Now reading a HF based on a true family saga "Red river" by Lalita Tademy. Her first book was "Cane river" which I quite liked. Recommended read actually.
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