01-17-2011, 01:17 AM | #1 |
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favorite historical fiction writers
does anyone have a favority historical fiction writer? I use to read Kenneth Roberts (Northwest Passage) and I aslo enjoy books by Wilbur Smith-anyone else care to mention their favorites-John
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01-17-2011, 01:42 AM | #2 |
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My all-time favourite is a Dutch writer, Thea Beckman. She has written various historic fiction books (children and young adult). I know of only one that is available as ebook though, sadly. (Crusade in Jeans, at least available at Amazon)
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My favourites are;
Bernard Cornwall Naval historical fiction Alexander Kent/Douglas Reeman Dudley Pope CS Forester |
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Harold Lamb Robert E. Howard James A. Michener |
01-17-2011, 02:31 AM | #5 |
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Ooh, Bernard Cornwell, Douglas Reeman/Alexander Kent, Valerio Massimo Manfredi (just about), Conn Iggulden, Giles Kristian, Simon Scarrow, Edward Marston's Railway Detective (for easy read murder/mystery) and most newspapers (lots of fiction in those and if you read yesterdays papers then it becomes historical fiction)!!
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How about Marianne Fredriksson. All her work is translated into English except my favourite. Roughly half of them are historical. |
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Hilary Mantel has written several historical novels. Wolf Hall and A Place of Greater Safety are both widely available and well worth reading.
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01-17-2011, 05:28 AM | #8 |
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My alltime favourite was Taylor Caldwell.
I have no idea if her books are available for e-readers. Cheers |
01-17-2011, 07:42 AM | #9 |
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Gore Vidal - novels about American political history. Burr, Lincoln, and Empire are very good, but he does have his own slant on history.
Alan Furst - novels about spies during World War 2. The World at Night, Blood of Victory, Dark Voyage, and The Foreign Correspondent are very good. |
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You know Ken Follett, Pillars of the Earth ? An the rest ? Edward Rutherfurd ? I'll have have to look at Kenneth Roberts, not known to me, so far. But totally agree about wilbur Smith. Cheers, |
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01-17-2011, 08:26 AM | #11 |
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I'm a huge Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir fan.
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01-17-2011, 11:50 AM | #12 |
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Anyone read Harry Turtledove? I'll never forget the first time I read his books. It was the WorldWar series. It's about a small reptilian race that invades the earth during WW2. The world has to drop it's difference and work together to fight the alien invasion.
Is that historical fiction? It's historical up to the alien invasion... |
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Sharon Kay Penman and Elizabeth Chadwick.
+1 for Bernard Cornwell. |
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I've enjoyed some of Caleb Carr's works. Also Dan Simmons' The Terror was amazing!
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