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Anne’s 2020 Year in Books
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Anne Easter Smith
Goodreads Author
Born
in Eastleigh, Hampshire, The United Kingdom
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Member Since
August 2009
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A Rose for the Crown
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2006
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Daughter of York
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2008
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11 editions
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Queen By Right
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2011
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The King's Grace
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2009
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Royal Mistress
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2013
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This Son of York
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Plague!
How are you coping with the strangeness of our new pandemic normal? I would argue that it is tougher to take all these weeks of trying to avoid COVID-19 than it was for those who went through the Black Death in 1340s and the Great Plague in London in 1665. Here are my theories, whacky though they may be!
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“She dropped it in her lap, picked up a cup and proceeded to consume the entire contents of a jug of wine.”
― A Rose for the Crown
― A Rose for the Crown
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| HISTORICAL FICTION: Meeting historical novelist, Anne Easter Smith | 1 | 15 | Apr 22, 2009 09:38PM | |
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| Our History: Historical Fiction Advice | 15 | 117 | Apr 23, 2009 08:51AM | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Meeting historical novelist, Anne Easter Smith | 5 | 14 | Apr 24, 2009 11:17PM | |
| European Royalty: Meeting historical novelist, Anne Easter Smith | 5 | 27 | Apr 25, 2009 10:54PM | |
| The Historical Fi...: Your Reveiws | 83 | 161 | Jul 30, 2009 05:05PM | |
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Thanks so much for your lovely compliments, RuthAnn, I am truly touched you chose to express your thoughts like this. It is always important for a writer to get feedback from readers (of course nice feedback is better to get than negative!), and I find it inspires me to keep writing. I am glad you found Sharon's book on Richard and Edward--it has been the gold standard for those of us passionate about Richard for about 20 years now! I love this period of history, and my fourth book is coming along and will tell Cecily Neville's story (Richard's mother, not the Cecily in King's Grace). I am going to be interested to see how Philippa Gregory's new book on Elizabeth Woodville will affect those of us who have been writing about the Wars of the Roses -- at first I was p-o'ed that she was poaching in my period "stick to your Tudor guns, Philippa" I cried. But my editor (same as Philippa's in US) told me it would only boost the readership of those of us who have known the period was far more interesting all this time! BTW Anya Seton is my benchmark for a great historical, and "Green Darkness" was where I got fascinated with Ightham Mote back in my 20s and was thrilled to be able to set some of Rose for the Crown there.
I have just finished The King's Grace. As always with Anne's books I am in awe. I just didn't want it to end. The detail of the travels and various scenes in the book made me feel as though I was there with Grace. The happiness and the sorrow I felt with joy and tears. I love Anne's books and will wait anxiously for the next book.
I'm currently reading The King's Grace. WOW, I love it just as I loved A Rose for The Crown and Daughter of York. Your books are the reason I love the Plantagenet era. I am a firm believer that Richard III was not the ogre that Shakespeare has made him out to be in his rendition of Richard. I’m also of the opinion that he had nothing to do with the disappearance of the sons of Edward IV. After reading A Rose for The Crown I read The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman and that heighten my interest in the era even further.I’m also enjoy books on reincarnation i.e. Green Darkness, science fiction/fantasy about magic and wizards with adult themes. I loved the Study books by Maria Snyder and the Dark Queen series by Susan Caroll. Kathleen McGowen is the author of The Expected One and The Book of Love both of which I simply adore.
I keep my books on Library Thing; I'm a lifetime member there. I don't really keep up much on Goodreads so what is here is not complete.
I am in hopes there is a new book in the works by you!!!!!!
Welcome to goodreads. I'm waaay behind on keeping my shelfs up to date. I hope you're into historical fiction -- mainly ancient -- Rome because that's one of my primary interests.
