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  • Katherine by Anya Seton

    They were not kidding when certain people put this books on the list as one of the best historical fiction books ever written. This is the book that inspired countless other romantic historical authors from Jean Plaidy to Philippa Gregory.
    This novel doesn’t just tell the romance story between Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt. […]

    Saturday 19th July 2008 - 1:30:34 PM | Comment

  • Historical Fiction Book Club?

    I just finished reading Ivanhoe. My university was to snobby to read Sir Walter Scott though we learned a little about him and his style. He is definitely a Romantic. I usually do not like romantic nationalism but Sir Walter Scott does it better than anyone. He doesn’t his heroes near translation to heaven and […]

    Wednesday 16th July 2008 - 8:47:44 AM | Comment