cyberfairy
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Read every one of her books about a hundred times and have the DVD of Tipping The Velvet
Recommend me good non London based historical fiction
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Read every one of her books about a hundred times and have the DVD of Tipping The Velvet
cesare
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That was a good guess then
I've got the Tipping The Velvet book but not seen the DVD.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
You read 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco? Monks, murder and mystery, along with homosexuality and dastardly plots all set in an italian monastry in the 1300's.
Marvellous
Marvellous
cyberfairy
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You read 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco? Monks, murder and mystery, along with homosexuality and dastardly plots all set in an italian monastry in the 1300's.
Marvellous
I have that but not read it yet as someone on this very forum told me how the murders are commited
Might still give it a go though-like a bit of homosexuality and murder now and again
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Well, with 'The Plot Against Pepys' I knew the ending already (ie He died of old age, I already knew he wasn't executed) but if the writing is good it doesn't matter.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
1610: A sundial in a grave by mary gentle. Really very good 1st person based thingy with Roquefort (sp.) from the musketeers novels as narrator
Also
An Instance of the fingerpost. class bit of historical fiction
Also
An Instance of the fingerpost. class bit of historical fiction
felixthecat
are we there yet?
I have that but not read it yet as someone on this very forum told me how the murders are commited
Talk about a spoiler!What about Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys? Set in the west indies, its kind of a prequel to Jane Eyre - tells the story of Mrs Rochester who became the mad woman in the attic.
the button
out on the kocker
Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer. I read this book about 15-20 years ago, but can still remember it. Set in ancient Egypt, the narrator is dead and is passing through the stages of the afterlife as in the Book of the Dead, and at the same time recalling his life and the circumstances surrounding his death.
Speaking of dead narrators, there's My name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk: -
That's a good 'un, too.
Speaking of dead narrators, there's My name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk: -
That's a good 'un, too.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Pompeii by Robert Harris. I really enjoyed that, even though I already knew the ending.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
It is going to be a very hard book for the collective to better, a truly outstanding read.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Harris can be a touch to glib and thrillerish in his writing style imo, but Fatherland is still a stone cold classic.
keep meaning to pick up Imperium (his other roman one) as Pompie entertained
keep meaning to pick up Imperium (his other roman one) as Pompie entertained
the button
out on the kocker
The Radetsky March -- Joseph Roth.
Buddenbrooks -- Thomas Mann.
Similar books in a way, tracing the history of a family across 3 or 4 generations. In Roth's case, it's the tail-end of the Autro-Hungarian Empire, in Mann's, it's roughly the same period but set in Germany. If I had to choose, I'd go for the Roth.
Buddenbrooks -- Thomas Mann.
Similar books in a way, tracing the history of a family across 3 or 4 generations. In Roth's case, it's the tail-end of the Autro-Hungarian Empire, in Mann's, it's roughly the same period but set in Germany. If I had to choose, I'd go for the Roth.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I loved that.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
Matthew Pearl's 'The Dante Club' and 'The Poe Shadow' (IIRC) are both very readable, the latter particularly so.
cyberfairy
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Read The Dante Club and An Instance Of The Fingerpost is utterly utterly superb-list getting longer now-thankyou
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
Authors worth trying (in some cases a bit tricky to find most or all their stuff though)
Henry Treece
Mary Renault
Robert Graves
Patrick O'Brien (like Jane Austen only with more explosions, don't let the war bit put you off)
another plug here for 'Q' too ...
Henry Treece
Mary Renault
Robert Graves
Patrick O'Brien (like Jane Austen only with more explosions, don't let the war bit put you off)
another plug here for 'Q' too ...
cyberfairy
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Have read some Patrick O'Brian but found it a bit explosion-laden. Will check out all the other links though
cyberfairy
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How come one is and one isn't?
Liked Middlemarch but have to admit I am looking for more gothic pastiche stuff
Adored this....http://www.themeaningofnight.com/
Well written too
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Have you read any of C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake books?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Sansom#Matthew_Shardlake_Series
Though some are set in London they also go outside - very good histotical thrillers.
Also his "Winter in Madrid" set around and after the Spanish Civicl War is a very good read
I also recently read "The Religion" by Tim Willocks which is set during the siege of Malta. Not bad - worth a read though I found some of the characters and plotting a little less that satisfying at times
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Religion-Tim-Willocks/dp/0099493594
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Sansom#Matthew_Shardlake_Series
Though some are set in London they also go outside - very good histotical thrillers.
Also his "Winter in Madrid" set around and after the Spanish Civicl War is a very good read
I also recently read "The Religion" by Tim Willocks which is set during the siege of Malta. Not bad - worth a read though I found some of the characters and plotting a little less that satisfying at times
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Religion-Tim-Willocks/dp/0099493594
