Master of Heathcrest Hall by Galen Beckett (fantasy)
Final installment in his "Magicians" trilogy
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- Vanessa
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- 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
From the library:
The Bone Pedlar by Sylvian Hamilton
The Bone Thief by V M Whitworth
Duchess by Night by Eloisa James
You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
The Bone Pedlar by Sylvian Hamilton
The Bone Thief by V M Whitworth
Duchess by Night by Eloisa James
You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
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
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Went to the thrift store today. Nice big haul for just over $10, including but not limited to The Spider King by Lawrence Schoonver, Theirs Was the Kingdom by RF Delderfeld, The Girl from Storyville by Frank Yerby (I hear this is a dark 'un), and Secret for a Nightingale by Victoria Holt. Plus thispost civil war book from the 1950s. Lots more eye-candy cover historical romances.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- cw gortner
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Oh, "The Girl from Storyville" brings back memories. My parents forbade me from reading it and hid it away in the house (my father loved Frank Yerby) but I eventually found it. It was my first introduction to graphic sex in a novel. It's quite the lusty tale, as I recall. 

THE QUEEN'S VOW available on June 12, 2012!
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
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THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
[quote=""cw gortner""]Oh, "The Girl from Storyville" brings back memories. My parents forbade me from reading it and hid it away in the house (my father loved Frank Yerby) but I eventually found it. It was my first introduction to graphic sex in a novel. It's quite the lusty tale, as I recall.
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Lol! A couple of friends of mine buddy read this at Goodreads last year. Their comments and updates were verra entertaining indeed


Lol! A couple of friends of mine buddy read this at Goodreads last year. Their comments and updates were verra entertaining indeed


At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- SonjaMarie
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I got a copy of "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracy Chevalier the other day, and I wanted to know if it's considered historical fiction or just a novel, any one?
SM
SM
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- Madeleine
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- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
- Location: Essex/London
[quote=""SonjaMarie""]I got a copy of "Remarkable Creatures" by Tracy Chevalier the other day, and I wanted to know if it's considered historical fiction or just a novel, any one?
SM[/quote]
I'd call it historical fiction, although Mary Anning actually existed and was a fossil hunter, finding, amongst other things, the first two plesiosaur skeletons ever found.
Just ordered "Solstice at Stonewylde" by Kit Berry.
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I'd call it historical fiction, although Mary Anning actually existed and was a fossil hunter, finding, amongst other things, the first two plesiosaur skeletons ever found.
Just ordered "Solstice at Stonewylde" by Kit Berry.
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Currently reading: The Chalet by Catherine Cooper