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Candace Robb has a long running, and good, series set in fourteenth century York (the Owen Archer series) and a shorter series in thirteenth century Edinburgh (the Margaret Kerr series).
C.J. Sansom and his Tudor period mystery series.Ariana Franklin who wrote a few books and has passed away. So there may not be anymore to the series unless an another author takes it over. Many ladies like her two mystery books.
I read most of one and it wasn't for me.
Oh goody, more books to try!! Unfortunately the library doesn't have the first 5 in the Owen Archer series, hope it doesn't make to big a difference if I start with #6.
You need some good books to balance out your Medici disasters.
Did our Historical Fantasy thread disappear? It's not showing up where it was. Did it move?
Um..let me check..I think the folders are only set to show a certain (6 I think it is) threads at a time, but the other threads are still there in the folder.I'll change the number to show more threads. Just to please you, m'lord. :)
Terri wrote: "C.J. Sansom and his Tudor period mystery series.Ariana Franklin who wrote a few books and has passed away. So there may not be anymore to the series unless an another..."
On another note, I had no idea Ariana Franklin had passed away. I read The Serpent's Tale and enjoyed it, but I never would have imagined the series would have ended to soon.
It certainly is a shame. Luckily for those that read the first, if you want to go onto the second it is okay. No cliffhangers at the end of the second. It is #2 that I read.
Oh, good. The name has changed, but order is restored. Thanks again Terri!
And by the way, Historical Mystery is a good thread. Especially since we're no longer emphasizing the "Kick-ass" stuff. I was seriously A-okay with "kick-ass," but there is a bunch of good historical mystery out there. My all-time favorite is The Name of the Rose.
Gosh, I read Name of the Rose ages ago. I remember enjoying it.
Hey Joseph, I think most of the mystery's I mentioned would fit under the K-A moniker. :)And would ya mention a few more of those historical mystery's?? I love them and so does my Dad, so I'm always on the lookout for good suggestions.
Is the Name of the Rose the one that Sean Connery did the movie of?
yes, that's the one, Dawn. the Sean Connery movie. Good movie.
Actually, don't know why I didn't mention him before.Paul Doherty has got enough historical mystery books to last you several years or at least a year. :) he must have 50 to 60 books by now.
http://www.goodreads.com/series/list/...
Paul Doherty
Dawn wrote: "Oh goody, more books to try!! Unfortunately the library doesn't have the first 5 in the Owen Archer series, hope it doesn't make to big a difference if I start with #6."Yes and no - you'll miss most of the character building, but the books are a lot better by that stage anyway.
Just remembered Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma mysteries, set in Seventh century Ireland. I can't vouch for how kick-arse they are. I bought a second hand paperback a couple of years ago and still haven't got round to it. I have read one of Bernard Knight's Crowner John series (twelfth century Exeter) and wasn't too impressed by his writing but I know plenty of others are. And, of course, writing in the same area and period is this group's very own Michael Jecks.
I was trying to think of Tremayne before. Thankyou Lee for solving that one for me. Had the Tre...couldn't think of the rest.
I got Dissolution by C.J. Sansom from the library yesterday. Hopefully I'll have time to read it before I have to take it back. :)
Or pay the fee's as u are apted to do. ;)
Ha ha, I'm up to $4.55, that gives me another $10.45 before I have to pay up. :)If I'm lucky no one else will request it and I'll be able to renew it several times, that'll give me 12 weeks.
I just think this is dawn's secret way of giving back to the library. :) Donating without feeling like you're being charitable.Do the library ladies know you and your 'ways'? Do they laugh about "here comes Dawn, looks like lunch is not on us today".
Hope you like Dissolution. While not action packed it is very atmospheric. I felt like I was there at the monastery, in the cold and the snow.
Actually I have another $20.45 before I have to pay up, the library ladies will have to wait longer for lunch money. :)
lol. Poor starving library ladies.Scrooge.
I have read quite a few historical mysteries, so I'm glad you started this group! Some of the series I have enjoyed are:-The Templar Knight series by Maureen Ash, set in 12th to 13th century England
- The Catherine LeVendeur series by Sharan Newman, set in 12th century France and England
- Elizabeth I series by Karen Harper (no Tudor romance drama, just good sleuthing and court politics here!)
- Kathryn Swinbrooke series by C.L. Grace, set in 13th to 14th century England
-The Medieval Murderers series: is written by a combination of great historical authors such as Michael Jecks, Bernard Knight and CJ Sansom, where you follow how some historical event affects different ages in history, usually the age of the main character that each author predominately writes about.
Hope some of you enjoy these ideas!
Ashling wrote: "Elizabeth I series by Karen Harper (no Tudor romance drama, just good sleuthing and court politics here!)..."lol. I am glad you said that, Ashling, because as soon as I saw Elizabeth I, I instantly felt repelled. :)
Glad to help! Anything I usually read on Elizabeth I is about her as a queen/stand alone than any romantic drama. This series is much more of Elizabeth as a Sherlock Holmes (and quite a good one too) and her court acting as Watson then a focus on who is with whom.
Ashling, thank you, unlike the Tudor hating lady above :) I love that period of history and while the library doesn't have the first book, they have the second. I have added
and
, along with the other dozen books I've ordered today, to the growing pile on my end table and hope to finish them before I have to pay fines.
Have you got links to those authors you mentioned? Or are you on a tablet or mobile where it is too hard to link.I hate linking on my tablet. It takes forever.
hahaha. Now Dawn, I don't hate Tudor per se. It is simply a matter of being scarred by seeing far too many historical romances swanning around trying to look like Historical fiction. And too many historical fiction swanning around trying to pretend that they aren't the same as the million that went before them.I do after all, LOVE the C.J. Sansom series. :)
Has anyone mentioned Robin Paige? I saw this author while looking at the link to The Alehouse Murders.I had not heard of Paige before.
Robin Paige
I'm gonna read Dissolution next. I just have to finish at least one of my other books first. I have a three day weekend coming up so maybe I'll get some reading done!
It is a public holiday here today. :)Australia Day! yay!
Canada Day isn't 'til July 1st. We don't have any statutory holidays until Easter in April.
Joseph wrote: "And by the way, Historical Mystery is a good thread. Especially since we're no longer emphasizing the "Kick-ass" stuff. I was seriously A-okay with "kick-ass," but there is a bunch of good histori..."Great book - one of only a handful I would read twice.
I saw this one by Melvin R. Starr. I know nothing of it, only saw it in my GR recommendations.
The Unquiet Bones
So there were no long lunches for librarians on the late returns revenue stream? :D
Chris wrote: "Curr-mud-gin alert: In the politics of library budgeting, the county commissioners tended to ask us to increase fine revenue to offset property taxes. We usually responded we'd rather have the books back quickly for the next readers. That led to "interesting" discussions about per day fine rates and patron borrowing restrictions. "So what are your per day fine rates, how long can you borrow for and how often can you renew?
I pay .35 a day for adult books, it's a three week borrowing period and they can be renewed up to 3 times if there are no holds on the book. High demand books have 7 day borrowing times and no renewals are permitted.
Each community with a library supports it with a portion of the taxes and the province gives them a operating grant. I assume that my library system works different from the states and from other provinces too.
I would like to add that OUR library doesn't charge anything for late returns. :D In my district. I think if you never return books they can get you on your Rates (which I think you guys call taxes). rates are the bill we get from local government for the pleasure of having terrible roads and awful services...except the library...they are good with that. lol
I like that name, Chris. :) I had never heard of the book.
Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library
Chris & Terri......so are your libraries a single entity or part of a larger system?? Not including interlibrary loans as part of the larger system. The four libraries I use are all part of one large 24 library system, the books you order can come from any of these and you can send them to any library in the system as long as you have a library card. So Byzantium I ordered to be sent from the city I live in to the city I work in cause I find it easier to pick up my books at lunch rather than after work.
I can borrow 60 items at a time and I have to pay any fines over $25 before I can take out more. (And Terri, you can stop gloating about not having any fines to pay :D) I also pay $1 a day for DVD, CD, Interlibrary and high demand books that are overdue.
That book sounds fun, I've added it to my TBR. Sounds alot like all the libraries I go to. With the free internet, it seems to collect some of the dregs of society. Doesn't help that the parks are all drug dealer hangouts.........most of the libraries have private security now.
Amazing. Our libraries don't have any problem with dealers, or ne'er do wells. It is all very nice.Yes, our library is a couple large libraries in the big towns and smaller libraries in the small towns and villages, but all connected and in the one council district.
This is our library family.
http://www.library.sunshinecoast.qld....
The major ones are Maroochydore, Caloundra and Nambour and the rest are smaller ones. 10 all up I think, plus mobile libraries.
We don't live in this district. We have one library in our entire district/shire and it is small and poor. So we use the Sunshine Coast Shire Council libraries. Coolum to be precise. It is an hour away. I reserve online and hubby, who works down the coast, picks them up for me.
Now this isn't to say we have gone off topic..because I can talk libraries for as long as the topic is on the go. I love my library. :)...buuuttt...I thought of a book for this thread.
It is an obscure selection, yes, but it is a mystery and his thick with history (as well as pages).
I loved it.
The Historian
This has turned into quite an interesting thread - thanks Chris!
No I didn't get to Kostova's other offering either. The reviews on it have not been good.I meant to ask you earlier today Chris...why did your replacement purchase the Australian catalogue software?
I have set up a WHOLE thread devoted to libraries. Go get it people!
That question that I asked you about the Oz catalogue..I asked it over in the new thread Chris. :)
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...
I had never heard of Unquiet Bones or the author before. It reviews okay on GR.
Most of the mystery books I read fall into this category though I personally just call them all mystery.
Some good examples are:
Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander on the Bow Street runners in London.
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters which follows the adventures of Brother Cadfael, a medieval monk. These are also fabulous movies with Derek Jacobi.
The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney set in ancient egypt.
Death at Rainy Mountain by Mardi Oakley Medawar set in 1860's Texas and featuring the native americans.