Historical Fiction Help!
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Historical Fiction Help!
Hope you all had a good new year! Looking forward to lots more reading and reviewing this year.
I am on the lookout for a great historical fiction novel to read. Ideally I like books which are more history than fiction....just a little bit of fiction to fill in a few gaps here and there. My favourite author is Philippa Gregory who writes a lot of Tudor novels. I love the Tudor era but also colonisation and royalty. Any suggestions from people about books to read?
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I was about to recommend that one! I read it a while ago and it follows actual history very closely. She’s very much on Richard IIIs side and I’m not sure anybody in that period could be a paragon. However, it’s a cracking read and very educational. I used to be a medieval reenactor and we represented the household of Richard III. This book was considered the best novel for this period by the group.Libs_Books wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 15:39 I've just started reading The Sunne in Splendour which is discussed on this thread. So far, it seems pretty good.
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Well, it's certainly better that Philippa Gregory - but, yes, I'm just over half-way through now and Penman's got her work cut out to make Richard look good. The first quarter of the book was brilliant, and I a very much looking forward to the latter stages (except that I don't want him to die and get buried beneath a car park).Helen_Combe wrote: ↑02 Apr 2018, 03:16I was about to recommend that one! I read it a while ago and it follows actual history very closely. She’s very much on Richard IIIs side and I’m not sure anybody in that period could be a paragon. ...This book was considered the best novel for this period by the group.Libs_Books wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 15:39 I've just started reading The Sunne in Splendour which is discussed on this thread. So far, it seems pretty good.
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I don’t want to spoil the end of the story for you, however.....Libs_Books wrote: ↑02 Apr 2018, 13:57 [(except that I don't want him to die and get buried beneath a car park).
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