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Post by Beldaran on Oct 14, 2003 9:42:22 GMT 2
Since this is a board about historical novels, it's only fair that we should have a topic where to tell others what we are reading and what we think off them.
I'll go first:
I'm reading Outlander written by Diane Gabaldon. I have only read 200 pages but it has been good! I'm looking forward to reading the novels that follow even if I have only started reading them.
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Post by Dallandra on Oct 22, 2003 8:41:05 GMT 2
I'm reading The Champion by Elizabeth Chadwick. I think it's a historical novel...
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Post by Dominus on Oct 25, 2003 9:44:55 GMT 2
Are these straight historical novels, or historical fiction. The best historical novel I've read was D-Day, about the invasion. Historical fiction would be....Guns of the South.
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Post by snake0024 on Nov 8, 2003 6:15:19 GMT 2
I am now reading Pillar of Fire by Judith Tarr, set in Egypt when the Pharaoh married to Nefertiti banned all the old Egyptian Gods in favour of the One True God
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Post by Beldaran on Nov 28, 2003 11:11:30 GMT 2
I'm reading "the Autobiography of Henry VIII" by Margaret George, so far it's been good, though I've only read about 200 pages or so...  |
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Post by Sylenay on Jan 30, 2004 11:31:42 GMT 2
Whoops said it in the wrong forum I'm reading Arthur the King by Allan Massie  Outlander is fab I've read all of them Lord John is my absolute fav |
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Post by Sylenay on Feb 12, 2004 9:16:28 GMT 2
Allan Massie wasn't overly good I've moved onto Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Alexander series - its very addictive
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Post by Beldaran on Feb 20, 2004 14:11:47 GMT 2
re-reading Jean Auel's second book...
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Post by Cardo on Mar 23, 2004 12:46:57 GMT 2
I'm reading Umberto Eco's Baudolino !
Really good book about Baudolino who lived on the 12th and 13th century!
The biggest lier and plotter there ever was!
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Post by Beldaran on Mar 23, 2004 13:23:56 GMT 2
I'm reading Umberto Eco's Baudolino ! Really good book about Baudolino who lived on the 12th and 13th century! The biggest lier and plotter there ever was! well, that book sounds really interesting... |
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Post by Ouroboros on Mar 23, 2004 15:37:21 GMT 2
That is a great book!!! I read it last year and enjoyed it immensely. Eco's other books are really good, too.
BTW, has anyone heard of Steven Pressfield? He has written some really cool novels on famous wars in ancient Greece, the best was Gates of Fire about the Battle of Thermopylae.
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Post by Silver on Mar 24, 2004 10:48:09 GMT 2
No I hadn't heard about him, sounds really interesting. I'll have to walk to the library today  |
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Post by drosdelnoch on May 29, 2004 2:49:22 GMT 2
Read all of Manfredi's novels although I have to say I thought that the talisman of troy was a let down.
Currently reading Edwin Thomas' two books, The Blighted Cliffs and The Chains of Albion. The cover is abit of a joke and the book back reads like a comedy but its more a sort of crime style novel. Not sure what to make of it really.
Also been recommended to try Simon Scarrow so may get some of his shortly. Similar to Pressfield but his characters are more sort of realistic with the roman soldiers actually swearing rather than saying bother or whatever he does. lol
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Post by Beldaran on Aug 23, 2004 13:00:31 GMT 2
I'm reading some novel by a swedish author, the book's called "freja". And I think it's about how the gods Tor, Oden and Freja became gods.... Only read a couple of pages, and no complains so far Also read a book by a swedish-speaking finn Marianne Backlen. It was rather good, yet a bit chaotic... |
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Post by Dallandra on Aug 25, 2004 9:33:03 GMT 2
I'm also reading a book by Marianne Backlén for school. I've only read a hundred pages yet but it seems pretty good...
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