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Nefret
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Post by Nefret » Sun October 4th, 2009, 2:16 am

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir.

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Post by princess garnet » Mon October 5th, 2009, 1:18 am

[quote=""Nefret""]The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir.[/quote]
I have that book on my shelf. I like the old cover design than the new one.

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Post by Nefret » Mon October 5th, 2009, 2:17 am

[quote=""princess garnet""]I have that book on my shelf. I like the old cover design than the new one.[/quote]

I have the 1991 US edition. Though I prefer the 2008 UK edition.

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Post by Madeleine » Mon October 5th, 2009, 11:38 am

Have ordered:

The Private Patient by P D James
The Cemetery of Secrets by David Hewson
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
A Way through the Woods by Katharine McMahon

and have just received The Book of Unholy Mischief in the post.
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Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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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

Post by Vanessa » Mon October 5th, 2009, 9:07 pm

The Night Villa by Carol Goodman
Dewey: A Small Town, a Library and the World's Most Beloved Cat by Vicki Myron
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

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Post by Chatterbox » Tue October 6th, 2009, 5:34 pm

I am about to undertake a massive splurge and buy Duncan Wu's biography of William Hazlitt. Hazlitt is such a fascinating & unknown character, but a superb literary stylist, friend of all the Romantic poets, a curmudgeon and a fascinating and unconventional thinker.

Just arrived from Amazon.co.uk is the third Stieg Larsson thriller, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I'm going to save that as a treat for a day when I'm down in the dumps and need something amazing to bounce back.

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Post by Madeleine » Tue October 6th, 2009, 6:45 pm

Have just ordered The Night Villa by Carol Goodman.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Post by Amanda » Wed October 7th, 2009, 1:30 am

My copy of Alison Weir's new book The Lady in the Tower just arrived!

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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed October 7th, 2009, 1:31 am

[quote=""Amanda""]My copy of Alison Weir's new book The Lady in the Tower just arrived![/quote]

Ooh, lucky you! I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of it.

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Post by Chatterbox » Wed October 7th, 2009, 5:13 pm

Just arrived: Lustrum, by Robert Harris. It's his sequel to Imperium, and also about Cicero and Tiro. Covers similar ground to that of McCullough's Rome books, but Harris has a better sense of pacing.

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