06-26-2004, 06:34 AM | #1 |
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Historical Fiction
What are your favourite historical novels?
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06-26-2004, 06:54 AM | #2 |
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James A Michener's Centennial
Walter Scott's Ivanhoe |
06-26-2004, 05:55 PM | #3 |
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I enjoy the Arthurian legends - Susan Cooper and Alan Garner in particular ( The dark is rising series and the weirstone of brisingamen )
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06-26-2004, 10:12 PM | #4 |
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I just have to point out (it's the teacher in me) that historical fiction is specifically a fictional story set in the historical past, but otherwise is realistic (ie, Gone with the Wind -- one of the best, BTW!). Otherwise it would be automatically labeled fantasy (ie, The Once and Future King) or sci-fi (ie, The Time Machine). Just to clarify that for everyone for discussion purposes.
Historical fiction is realistic fiction (realistic fiction = Get Shorty, for ex.) that is set in the past (but note that it means fiction set in the past in relation to when it was written -- a book like David Copperfield is not historical fiction, because it was set in about the same time period as it was being written.) Don't mean to sound prissy about it -- I just love discussing genres! (Ask me about any book, I'll name the genre! ) One historical fiction book I liked when I was young was one called Voices in the Night, about a girl who goes to stay at a farm that turns out to be a stop on the Underground Railroad. As I said above, GWTW is one of my favorites. |
06-27-2004, 03:16 AM | #5 |
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Then I could add...
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books Colleen McCullough's Rome-series Frances H Burnett's A Little Princess and The Secret Garden Frans G Bengtsson's The Long Ships (A viking story) James Clavell's Shogun Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers Edward Rutherfurd's Sarum, London and The Forest |
06-28-2004, 05:54 PM | #6 |
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A Tale of Two Cities (by Charles Dickens)
O! Pioneers (by Willa Cather) Horatio Hornblower (series by C.S. Forester)--Thanks Val! but I really really really like Patrick O'Brian's books. I've just discovered them!
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06-28-2004, 06:17 PM | #7 |
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Horatio Hornblower series by CS Forester
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06-28-2004, 09:58 PM | #8 |
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I've been reading some of the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian and have started on the Sharple (I mean Sharpe) series by Bernard Cornwell.
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08-12-2004, 07:22 AM | #9 |
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Books by Sharon Penman are good. I also love "The Scarlett Pimpernel" by Baroness Orzcy. For a really light read, I enjoy books by Georgette Heyer - so does my father, suprisingly enough!!
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08-12-2004, 11:11 PM | #10 |
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I think Georgette Heyer's books are fun, too!
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