Philippa Gregory
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Philippa Gregory
Anyone else know of any great authors that write about this time period in history?
what are your favorite books from her?
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Have you read any C J Sansom? If not I'd recommend Revelation or Dark Fire. Simon Scarrow is another superb historical fiction writer.Royalblue0519 wrote:I absolutly love fiction books based on history, I feel I'm getting a look into history but it is such a fun read. I really enjoy how Philippa writes and she also does a lot of research on her characters. Another great author for this time period is Alison Weir.
Anyone else know of any great authors that write about this time period in history?
what are your favorite books from her?
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Thanks I just checked out the author on Amazon and his books look very interesting and good reads. I am currently reading The Red Queen but it looks like I found my next read with Dark Fire.Fran wrote:Have you read any C J Sansom? If not I'd recommend Revelation or Dark Fire. Simon Scarrow is another superb historical fiction writer.Royalblue0519 wrote:I absolutly love fiction books based on history, I feel I'm getting a look into history but it is such a fun read. I really enjoy how Philippa writes and she also does a lot of research on her characters. Another great author for this time period is Alison Weir.
Anyone else know of any great authors that write about this time period in history?
what are your favorite books from her?
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Philippa Gregory is defiantly a favourite! I'm not sure if your looking for tales set specifically in England but I loved Lindsey Davis and her Falco series. She also has a book entitled Rebels and Traitors which is about the English civil war. Though it is long I was hooked!
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Hilary Mantle's Wolf Hall, centered around the early life of Thomas Cromwell, is fantastic and I'd recommend it to everyone. It's definately one of my favourite books that have come out in the past few years.
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Also, if you want similar novels which apparently Philippa herself recommends, there's "The Perfect Sinner" by Will Davenport or "The Principessa" by Christie Dickason. Set in an earlier time, I love an older trilogy by historical Arthurian author Mary Stewart, written from Merlin's viewpoint (which was special at the time) starting with "The Crystal Cave".
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She seems to be sticking with the Tudor era with all her latest books - the best of these by far IMO is The Other Boleyn Girl - written in first person as Mary, sister of Anne Boleyn.
Was also made into mini series for TV
As was The White Queen
Other Tudor era ones by her that I have read are The Virgins Lover, about Lord Dudley, the suppossed lover of Queen Elizabeth 1st, and The Queen's Fool about a jester at the court of Mary and Elizabeth. Both good books but not as good.
Have read some of her earlier works too - Earthly Joys and its sequel Virgin Earth - both based on the real lives of John Tradescant senior and junior, gardeners to King James and Elizabeth 1st. Very good books.
Also A Respectable Trade - story of the slave trade as it affected England - quite an eye opener to realise the large part England played in this - although book does stretch credibilty in events of some of the fictional characters.
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