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Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, August 2009
Now available as e-book on Amazon Kindleand in Kindle, Epub (Nook, Sony Reader), Palm and other formats on Smashwords
Website: http://www.carlanayland.org
Blog: http://carlanayland.blogspot.com
Welcome Hunter. I've never heard of Robert McAmmon, so I'll look out for his work. I enjoy Sansom. I've Read Dissolution and Dark Fires so far. Preferred DF to the first one. I think he's one of those authors that's getting better as he writes.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
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Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
[quote=""EC2""]Welcome Hunter. I've never heard of Robert McAmmon, so I'll look out for his work.[/quote]
Thanks for the welcome, everyone!
Robert McCammon made a name for himself in horror in the '80s, becoming one of the biggest names of the decade. He then switched to more mainstream novels, with MINE, Boy's Life (which is taught in many high schools around America), and Gone South. After a 10-year hiatus, he's back, with the first two books in the Matthew Corbett series set in the early 1700s.
I hope you try the books and enjoy them!
Hunter
Thanks for the welcome, everyone!
Robert McCammon made a name for himself in horror in the '80s, becoming one of the biggest names of the decade. He then switched to more mainstream novels, with MINE, Boy's Life (which is taught in many high schools around America), and Gone South. After a 10-year hiatus, he's back, with the first two books in the Matthew Corbett series set in the early 1700s.
I hope you try the books and enjoy them!
Hunter
I ardently second Hunter's suggestion! I first discovered McCammon by reading Speaks the Nightbird when it was first published and then realized he'd had a very succesful publishing 'past life' in horror/fantasy fiction. The Wolf's Hour, Gone South, Boy's Life, Swan Song and Usher's Passing are my favorites of any genre and I will read them over and over for years to come.
McCammon's way with words and writing style is among the best I've ever read. Not tryin' to sound like a groupie, but he's just struck the perfect writing chord for me with so many of his novels.
Sorry to highjack your welcome thread, Hunter!
McCammon's way with words and writing style is among the best I've ever read. Not tryin' to sound like a groupie, but he's just struck the perfect writing chord for me with so many of his novels.
Sorry to highjack your welcome thread, Hunter!
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