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HIstoric fiction: the best book you were reading and the worse
Started by Shoshi2, Wednesday, May 21 2008. Last post 3 weeks ago.

I am a fan of historic fictions. So i am curious who was reading what books about it.
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BeckyL - Wednesday, May 21 2008
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I like some historic fiction. I've not really been reading much lately - Codex 632 was a flop, but I really liked The Tenth Gift which is based on something that happened to one of the author's ancestors.
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Colleen S - Wednesday, May 21 2008
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Right now I'm reading the Wagons West series. I've only read the first 2 books of this 24 book series. It's Wagon Train fiction and I sort of view it as the soap operas of frontier fiction. There is some history but most of it is viewed through the lives of the people on the wagon train. I read the first half of the series in high school and they are out of print now but my hubby tracked them all down and so I decided to reread the first half and read for the first time the second half.

I've also enjoyed Philippa Gregory's Tudor books, James Alexander Thom's book Follow the River, Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, and others.
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ramya.k83 - Wednesday, May 21 2008
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I personally didn't love The Eight, but I think it was because I wasn't really into all the historical research. It might be something that you're looking for!
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LISAG - Saturday, May 31 2008
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Pope Joan is the best historical fiction book I have ever read. My second favorite is the new Geraldine Brooks book called "Book of the People". I highly recommend both!!!
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mossflower - 3 weeks ago
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Some of the best historic fiction can be found in the writings of Peter Ackroyd. I particularly like his Chaucer and the William Blake one is excellent.He has also The Lambs of London. Mrs Dalloway by Virinia Woolf sets the scene and mood of England after the first World War (1923) While The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgeraldsets the scene and mood of the 'Jazz Age' (1920s) Alice Walker also shows us scene by scene in the format of letters, the life of Celie, a young African girl livng in Georgia 1900s in The Color Purple.
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