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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
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Location: North Yorkshire, UK

The Last Good Man by Patience Swift

Post by Vanessa » Wed January 7th, 2009, 8:17 am

In modern day Cornwall fishing with a man called Sam and a small child he found abandoned on a beach. I have a feeling this book is going to turn out to be a ghost story.
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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 Dani » Wed January 7th, 2009, 1:38 pm

I am In the Palace of Judah it is 886 BC
Book: Dark Hour Book on of the Serpent Moon trilogy

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Post by chuck » Wed January 7th, 2009, 3:34 pm

Hanging around the seedy streets and hovels of 1663 London and practicing to be a "wanna be" Doctor of Medicine.....

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Wed January 7th, 2009, 3:44 pm

I have just been in modern-day England and Wales, but I have been having visions of the Holy Grail and my dead mother. Go figure.

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Vanessa
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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 » Thu January 8th, 2009, 5:27 pm

I'm in the late 13thC, I'm just travelling across the desert towards Persia and would you believe it, I've lost my camels! What's a girl to do? :rolleyes: :D
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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 SonjaMarie » Thu January 8th, 2009, 6:09 pm

1536 England with a 3 year old Lady Elizabeth, who wonders why she is no longer called Lady Princess.

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Post by Alex Worthy » Thu January 8th, 2009, 7:18 pm

In 1953 Soviet Union tracking down a serial child killer.

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Post by SonjaMarie » Sat January 10th, 2009, 7:43 pm

In 1790s France during the Revolution (NF).

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Post by diamondlil » Sat January 10th, 2009, 9:46 pm

I am alternating between Vanuatu and Sydney with a semi retired millionaire.
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Kasthu
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Post by Kasthu » Sat January 10th, 2009, 10:00 pm

I'm in 19th century Brooklyn with Harriet and Isabella, the two Beecher sisters.

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