Some of my Favourite Historical Fiction
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- For those who like some fiction to go with their history (or history to go with their fiction!).
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door Alison Weir
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96 besprekingen
3.9
Score 4
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- LibraryCin: Lady Jane Grey. Queen of England for nine days at sixteen years old, in between "Bloody Mary" and Elizabeth I.
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door Philippa Gregory
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134 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 3.36
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- LibraryCin: My favourite by Gregory. Set during the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth I.
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door Jamie Ford
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3.9
Score 3.04
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- LibraryCin: Interracial romance between a Chinese American boy and a Japanese girl. Set during WWII.
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door Kathryn Stockett
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½ 4.4
Score 2.83
Toegevoegd 2016-02-26, 10:50 PM
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- LibraryCin: I would highly recommend the audio. Amazing audio! A number of different narrators and it really came alive on audio, with the accents and all.
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door C. W. Gortner
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4.1
Score 2.68
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- LibraryCin: Juana of Castile ("Mad Juana"). She was Katherine of Aragon's sister.
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door Kate Morton
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Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2016-02-26, 10:51 PM
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- LibraryCin: The first I read by Kate Morton and still my favourite.
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door Octavia E. Butler
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4.2
Score 2.46
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- LibraryCin: A black woman time travels from the 1970s back to slavery.
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door Margaret Mitchell
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½ 4.3
Score 2.38
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- LibraryCin: I didn't read this until my late 30s. It's long but well worth it!
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door Michelle Moran
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97 besprekingen
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Score 2.31
Toegevoegd 2016-02-26, 10:52 PM
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- LibraryCin: Back to Roman times.
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- LibraryCin: My favourite (so far) by Lisa See. A Chinese American girl in China in the 1950s.
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door Ann-Marie MacDonald
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63 besprekingen
4.1
Score 2.2
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- LibraryCin: 1960s Canada.
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door Tracy Chevalier
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91 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 2.15
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- LibraryCin: It was a toss up between including this or Girl with a Pearl Earring on my list. I went with the less well-known one. Really liked them both.
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door Christopher Moore
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4.2
Score 2.11
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- LibraryCin: Funny book, plus some really well-researched historical fiction here.
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- LibraryCin: WWI. A deaf girl marries a man who leaves for the war within a couple of weeks.
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door Wayne Johnston
558 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 2.03
Toegevoegd 2016-02-26, 10:52 PM
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- LibraryCin: My favourite by Wayne Johnston. It's the race to the North Pole.