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Post by Volgadon » Wed October 8th, 2008, 4:58 pm

In the backstreets of Odessa, turn of the century and no I won't go into details.. yet.

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Post by Madeleine » Wed October 8th, 2008, 7:40 pm

In the ficititious village of Ledwardine, in the county of Herefordshire, in Phil Rickman's "The Fabric of Sin" - a modern book although it does feature a Templar church.

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Post by TLee » Mon October 13th, 2008, 6:53 pm

Welsh Marches 1126

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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon October 13th, 2008, 7:00 pm

Early 1800s with the Darcy's trying to solve a mystery. The Darcy's are the very same Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from "Pride and Prejudice".

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Post by Carine » Tue October 14th, 2008, 6:15 am

In Ludlow Castle 1148

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Post by Vanessa » Tue October 14th, 2008, 7:23 am

Heading towards Naples in the 18thC, waffling on about volcanos, in Susan Sontag's The Volcano Lover.
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Post by Alaric » Tue October 14th, 2008, 8:18 am

On my way back to England with Midshipman Hornblower, after he captured a French ship in the Bay of Biscay.

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Post by pat » Tue October 14th, 2008, 9:30 am

[quote=""Carine""]In Ludlow Castle 1148[/quote]



I enjoyed being in Ludlow Castle! I am now in Portugal in the '70s. Cant wait to leave! I am about to go to Ancient Egypt, or modern Ireland!
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Post by Carla » Thu October 16th, 2008, 3:02 pm

Lindow Moss, Cheshire, in the Iron Age when Lindow Man was sacrificed there and in the present day when he was discovered and examined.
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book title?

Post by chuck » Thu October 16th, 2008, 3:24 pm

[quote=""Carla""]Lindow Moss, Cheshire, in the Iron Age when Lindow Man was sacrificed there and in the present day when he was discovered and examined.[/quote]

Please Carla....The name of the novel....Really sounds interesting.....

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