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Telynor
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Joined: August 2008
Location: On the Banks of the Hudson

Post by Telynor » Sat September 27th, 2008, 8:19 pm

1720's London, in the political fray and dockside taverns, and in big trouble.

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Misfit
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Location: Seattle, WA

Post by Misfit » Sat September 27th, 2008, 8:28 pm

After being shot with an arrow during an Indian attack on the Oregon Trail, I've disappeared into the river and reappeared back in 1975 in the pool where I originally disappeared. Silly fluff but jolly good fun all the same :p :o

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Madeleine
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Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Sat September 27th, 2008, 8:31 pm

[quote=""Catherine Delors""]I think the generally accepted limit for HF is 50 years. So yes, The Secret Life of Bees counts![/quote]

whew, only just! ;)

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Ariadne
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Location: At the foothills of Mt. Level

Post by Ariadne » Sat September 27th, 2008, 8:59 pm

I'm excavating the remains of an ancient Assyrian royal palace in 1914 Mesopotamia. Pretty darn hot out here!

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Misfit
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Location: Seattle, WA

Post by Misfit » Mon September 29th, 2008, 1:34 pm

Leadville Colorado and the Silver Boom has just begun.

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Alaric
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Location: Adelaide, Australia.
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Post by Alaric » Tue September 30th, 2008, 12:07 pm

Deciding what to read next!

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Alaric
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Post by Alaric » Sat October 4th, 2008, 4:39 am

I'm with Genghis Khan's younger brother, Khasar, as he travels east into Jin China to try and find a way to break into their walled cities.

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cw gortner
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Location: San Francisco,CA
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Post by cw gortner » Sat October 4th, 2008, 5:38 am

1400s Italy, in Rome with the Borgias!

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boswellbaxter
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Post by boswellbaxter » Sat October 4th, 2008, 12:42 pm

Beach and hotel-room reading: 15th century England (paperback novel I don't mind getting sandy) and 19th-century Springfield, Illinois (old hardback novel I don't want to get sandy).
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Carine
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Posts: 675
Joined: September 2008
Currently reading: Jonkvrouw - Jean-Claude Van Ryckeghem
Interest in HF: I love history
Favourite HF book: Can't pin that down to only 1 :-)
Preferred HF: Medieval, Tudor and Ancient Egyptian
Location: Ghent, Belgium
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Post by Carine » Sat October 4th, 2008, 12:51 pm

In Egypt with Nefertari telling me her story.

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