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This will be the placeholder for those books receiving 8 to 5 votes4. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
- 8 votes - COMPLETE5. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- 7 votes - COMPLETE6.
by Mark Twain
- 5 votes - COMPLETE7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- 5 votes - COMPLETE8. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
- 5 votes - COMPLETE9. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
- 5 votes10. The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
- 5 votes
This will be the placeholder for those books receiving 4 to 3 votes11. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
- 4 votes 12. The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great by Steven Pressfield
- 4 votes13. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
- 4 votes14. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
- 4 votes15. Creation: A Novel by Gore Vidal
- 4 votes 16. Alaska by James A. Michener
- 4 votes17. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
- 3 votes18. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 3 votes 19. Burr by Gore Vidal
- 3 votes20. Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts - 3 votes
21. Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
- 3 votes22. The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter
- 3 votes23. Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor
- 3 votes24. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- 3 votes25. Possession by A.S. Byatt
- 3 votes 26. Arundel by Kenneth Roberts - 3 votes
This will be the placeholder for those books receiving 2 votes.27. Rob Roy by Walter Scott
- 2 votes 28. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- 2 votes 29. The Lively Lady by Kenneth Lewis Roberts - 2 votes
30. Julian by Gore Vidal
- 2 votes31. Lincoln by Gore Vidal
- 2 votes32. I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves
- 2 votes 33. Freedom by William Safire
- 2 votes34. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
- 2 votes35. Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds - 2 votes
36. The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge
- 2 votes37. The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield
- 2 votes38. The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 2 votes
This will be the placeholder for those books receiving 1 vote.39. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes - 1 vote
40. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
- 1 vote 41. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace
- 1 vote42. The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff - 1 vote
43. Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem - 1 vote
44. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- 1 vote45. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
- 1 vote46. Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts - 1 vote
47. Space by James A. Michener
- 1 vote
UPDATED: AUGUST 20, 2010 - INCLUDED HISTORICAL FICTION POLLS A, B, C, DThis will be the placeholder for those books receiving 0 votes.
All of the rest (a - l) have zero votes but have been placed at least once on a poll. I am not numbering them until they have at least one vote nor am I providing links; because I will need to move around the list with the next polls.
a) Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier - 0 votes
b) Richard II by William Shakespeare - 0 votes
c) The Cid by Pierre Corneille - 0 votes
d) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 0 votes
e) Killing Rommel: A Novel by Steven Pressfield - 0 votes
f) The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault - 0 votes
g) Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault - 0 votes
h) Texas by James Michener - 0 votes
i) Citizen Washington by William Martin - 0 votes
j) The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis - 0 votes
k) Dissolution by C. J. Sansom - 0 votes
l) Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold - 0 votes
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This will be the placeholder for those books receiving 16 to 9 votes.
1. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
2. The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
3. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara - 9 votes - This book discussion is COMPLETE - THREADS ARE NOW ARCHIVED IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR DISCUSSION SEGMENT