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Try the Promises to Keep quartet by Shayne Parkinson. The 4 books are available at Smashwords (the first, Sentence of Marriage, is free; the others are $1.99 each). I wrote a review of the series at my An American Editor blog. Shayne is also a MobileRead participant. The story begins in 1880s New Zealand and goes on from there.
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05-27-2010, 09:52 AM | #63 |
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Try the following:
Accused – Mark Gimenez The Whisperers – John Connolly The Lake Shore Limited – Sue Miller The Snowman – Jo Nesbo |
12-01-2010, 12:17 AM | #64 |
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If the 1940s count (I hope they do!), I can recommend December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith, the same author who wrote Gorky Park. December 6 has been overlooked but I think it's a great story that gets inside Imperial Japan on the eve of Pearl Harbor through the eyes of an American expat with one foot in both cultures. The story has shades of Casablanca:
http://www.amazon.com/December-6-ebo...1164444&sr=1-1 There seems to be dueling historical fiction threads going on -- good to see. Steve |
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I mentioned this on the other historical fiction thread: I found a great site that lists historical fiction by period:
historicalnovels.info/ -- Steve |
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Legacy by Susan Kay is excellent, about Elizabeth I.
Jack Dawkins by Charlton Daines is a good Victorian era, borrowing the Artful Dodger from Charles Dickens. I'll have to look across my shelves because I know I have a lot of good ones. |
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My preference, and I’ve read all his books, is Steven Saylor. His books on Ancient Rome are fantastic.
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Chiming in with another Ancient Rome recommendation: the SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts starting with the first of 13 The King's Gambit. Set a century earlier than Falco's adventures, it parallels the ascendancy of Julius Caesar (protagonist marries Cesar's niece partway through).
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I cannot believe no one has mentioned Hilary Mantel's briliant Wolf Hall trilogy.
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Carrying on with recommendations, I've been reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Mostly brilliant except a couple of sex scenes where the author demonstrates he knows nothing about women. |
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Almost anything by Kenneth Roberts. Here's a link for the curious:
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My favorite historical fiction, in no particular order:
Pillars of the Earth by Follet and the Sequel World without End (didn't care for the third) Beneath a Scarlett Sky by Sullivan Armegedon by Uris Mila 18 by Uris The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman (any book of hers are good, this one stood out) All the Light we Cannot See by Doerr The Robe by Douglass Gone with the Wind by Mitchell The Physican by Gordon and the Sequel Shaman The Secret Chord by Brooks (Most of hers are good, this one outstanding) The Tatooist of Auschwitz by Morris (Currently have Cilka's Journey the sequel on deck) The Nightingale by Hannah Shashenka by Montefiore (and the two sequels) A Gentleman in Moscow by Towles War and Peace Tolstoy (probably my fav) Russka by Rutherford (IMO his best work having read Sarum and London) I read a lot of historical fiction, it's my favorite Genre. WWII is obviously big for me based on the list. Last edited by drofgnal; 05-25-2020 at 05:04 AM. |
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