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Nominations: October 2010 Book of the Month
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Nominations: October 2010 Book of the Month
Nominations are open for all historical novels except for those set in Europe, those that are set primarily in the European portion of Russia, and those that are set in the United States. Nominations will close on August 20.
Susan Higginbotham
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The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall (Paperback)
Well, it could be considered European, but not ...Russia that is. If you think it falls under the Europe blanket let me know and I'll pick something different.
Well, it could be considered European, but not ...Russia that is. If you think it falls under the Europe blanket let me know and I'll pick something different.

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- boswellbaxter
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Let's exclude novels that take place primarily in the European portion of Russia, so please nominate something else. I'll clarify my post. Thanks!
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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OK
The Concubine's Daughter: A Novel by Pai Kit Fai
The Concubine's Daughter: A Novel by Pai Kit Fai
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- Vanessa
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The Painter of Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
In 1913 an orphan girl boards a steamship bound for Wuhu in South East China. Left in the hands of her soft-hearted but opium-addicted uncle she is delivered to The Hall of Eternal Splendour which, with its painted faces and troubling cries in the night, seems destined to break her spirit. And yet the girl survives and one day hope appears in the unlikely form of a customs inspector, a modest man resistant to the charms of the corrupt world that surrounds him but not to the innocent girl who stands before him. From the crowded rooms of a small-town brothel, heavy with the smoke of opium pipes and the breath of drunken merchants, to the Bohemian hedonism of Paris and the 1930s studios of Shanghai, Jennifer Epstein's first novel, based on a true story, is an exquisite evocation of a fascinating time and place, with a breathtaking heroine at its heart.
Hope this one is OK - reading the blurb, although most of it is set in China, there is mention of Paris. It's been on my TBR pile for yonks.
In 1913 an orphan girl boards a steamship bound for Wuhu in South East China. Left in the hands of her soft-hearted but opium-addicted uncle she is delivered to The Hall of Eternal Splendour which, with its painted faces and troubling cries in the night, seems destined to break her spirit. And yet the girl survives and one day hope appears in the unlikely form of a customs inspector, a modest man resistant to the charms of the corrupt world that surrounds him but not to the innocent girl who stands before him. From the crowded rooms of a small-town brothel, heavy with the smoke of opium pipes and the breath of drunken merchants, to the Bohemian hedonism of Paris and the 1930s studios of Shanghai, Jennifer Epstein's first novel, based on a true story, is an exquisite evocation of a fascinating time and place, with a breathtaking heroine at its heart.
Hope this one is OK - reading the blurb, although most of it is set in China, there is mention of Paris. It's been on my TBR pile for yonks.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
I know its OOP but plenty of used copies for a penny.
Shadow of the Moon by MM Kaye
Shadow of the Moon by MM Kaye
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...is the only place I want to be
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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[quote=""Leo62""]I hesitate to nominate this cos it's such a doorstop...
OK, I've hesitated. Here it is.
Shogun by James Clavell[/quote]
Is that of Russian extraction though? I saw the movie when it was in the theatre a few decades ago and I don't recall it being set in Russia, but I could be wrong.
SM
OK, I've hesitated. Here it is.

Shogun by James Clavell[/quote]
Is that of Russian extraction though? I saw the movie when it was in the theatre a few decades ago and I don't recall it being set in Russia, but I could be wrong.
SM
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