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[Allison]

Pamela wrote: "Just read A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War. Interesting non- fiction anthology.






Ooooh. Right up my alley. Added! Thanks Pamela :)

[Gretchen]

I have come to the end of published Shardlake novels with Heartstone. Sad day. I started Sashenka instead of the group read winner this month.

[Pamela]

Allie wrote: "
Ooooh. Right up my alley. Added! Thanks Pamela :)"

Hope you enjoy it Allie. It's arranged by theme rather than chronologically and has some unusual contributions.

[Allison]

Sounds really good!

[happy]

finished Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History - excellent, Larson writes very readable history

Currently reading Robert Harris' new one



It about the Dryfus affair in 1890's France

[Kimber]

Reading The Fatal Crown by Ellen Jones about the civil war between Stephen of Blois and Empress Maud. I haven't read much about this despite my fondness for the Angevins. Should be interesting.

[Darcy]

Ah. The First British Civil War. I've added that to my TBR. There aren't many books on the conflict, but I find it intriguing because it wasn't about religion, rather gender.

[Kimber]

Darcy wrote: "Ah. The First British Civil War. I've added that to my TBR. There aren't many books on the conflict, but I find it intriguing because it wasn't about religion, rather gender."

If you know of any others please enlighten me. So far so good but I can see a leaning towards romance in this one (Maud and Stephen attracted to each other) and I'm hoping it doesn't go much further. I'll let you know what I thought when I finish.

[Darcy]

Stephen and Maud attracted to each other?!?!
I don't even know how to respond to that in written form. But you can imagine that eye-rolls and twitches are only the beginning.

[Allison]

Kimber wrote: "Reading The Fatal Crown by Ellen Jones about the civil war between Stephen of Blois and Empress Maud. I haven't read much about this despite my fondness for the Angevins. Should be i..."

I just bought that on my Kindle. Of course the other two books in the trilogy couldn't also have been on sale :/

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Darcy wrote: "Stephen and Maud attracted to each other?!?!
I don't even know how to respond to that in written form. But you can imagine that eye-rolls and twitches are only the beginning."

The first novelist to use that idea was Jean Plaidy.

There is quite literally no evidence to suggest Stephen and Matilda (as she was properly known) were lovers.

There is more evidence for a close relationship (not sexual) with her bastard half brother, Robert.

[Gretchen]

When Christ and His Saints Slept remains the book by which I judge all other Stephen/Matilda fiction. I added Fatal Crown to my tbr list because the different perspective interests me but I'm going into it as a skeptic. When would Stephen and Matilda have time to form any kind of relationship? They were too busy running away from each other or spending time in different countries.

[Linda]

City of Silence by Kim Wright

[Darcy]

Margaret wrote: "The first novelist to use that idea was Jean Plaidy."

How very disappointing. Was she also the first to use Maud over Matilda as well? I believe the names were interchangeable in the tele version of Pillars of the Earth. I saw that whenever it came out, and don't recall if it was that or a re-inacted documentary where I first heard Maud used.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Matilda's mother was also named Matilda (though her original name was Edith). The diminutive "Maud" was used for the daughter, probably up until she left England.

[Darcy]

Ah. Good to know. I didn't realise Maud was a diminutive of Matilda. Always learning :)

[Darcy]

So, reading the October Medieval poll loser The Seventh Son and Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination

[Kimber]

Darcy wrote: "Margaret wrote: "The first novelist to use that idea was Jean Plaidy."

How very disappointing. Was she also the first to use Maud over Matilda as well? I believe the names were interchangeable in ..."

Well it starts when the Emperor dies and King Henry calls Maud back from Germany. So they do have a small amount of time to get to know each other. There is a big *R* scene and then she's off to Geoffrey of Anjou (who is not portrayed in a good light whatsoever). Now that they're on opposite sides of the crown I'm hoping all the sexual tension is done with and the fighting can begin but I'm not too hopeful.

[Sandra]

I am reading by Lila Hope-Simpson and really having fun with it.

[Kimber]

Kimber wrote: "Darcy wrote: "Margaret wrote: "The first novelist to use that idea was Jean Plaidy."

I'm hoping all the sexual tension is done with and the fighting can begin but I'm not too hopeful.
"

Now I'm just ignoring all the sex. *sigh*

[Gretchen]

You are making me re-think my decision to add that book to my tbr list.

[Darcy]

*giggles* at both your comments

[Andy]

A book recomm I asked for what must be ages ago now on A&M, thought best I get around to it despite the very small text :) could be a long journey with Panthers in the Sky

[Kimber]

Finished The Fatal Crown and now reading The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterson. I'm not very far into it but I'm bowled over by the gorgeous prose. Here is a description of one of the characters:

"His dark red hair parted in the middle was literally like a woman's, and curved into the slow curls of a virgin in a pre-Raphaelite picture. From within this almost saintly oval, however, his face projected suddenly broad and brutal, the chin carried forward with a look of cockney contempt. This combination at once tickled and terrified the nerves of a neurotic population. He seemed like a walking blasphemy, a blend of the angel and the ape."


*sighs dreamily*

[Gretchen]

In case you were wondering, that's how all red heads should be described.

[Linda]

I went to Read Any Book.com to reread Wolf Hall free online. I could not find it at that site. I have started Sarum: The Novel of England instead.

[Kimber]

Gretchen wrote: "In case you were wondering, that's how all red heads should be described."

Hey! I'm a red head! I hope I'm not broad and brutal and part ape ;)

[Gretchen]

Just the boys. Everyone knows red headed girls are the best!

[Kimber]

Gretchen wrote: "Just the boys. Everyone knows red headed girls are the best!"

Okay..forgiven. Have you seen the Red Hots photography and film project? Rebranding red headed males. They even have a calendar and a FB page.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/art...

[Victor]

Just read by George MacDonald Fraser. Like always, I am impressed how GMF brings to life the history in his fiction.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now I'm readying by Kim Newman

[Chris]

Picked up a copy of Bernard Cornwell's new book on Waterloo yesterday, can't wait to get into it when I finish The Baklava Club.

[Linda]

Victor wrote: "Just read by George MacDonald Fraser. Like always, I am impressed how GMF brings to life the history in his fiction.
My review https://www.goodreads.co..."

Great review!

I have red hair. One son has red hair, too. The down part about having red hair is the white skin that never tans and pale eyelashes and brows

[Jane]

City of Darkness,City of Light by Marge Piercy. French Revolution.

[Sandra]

Just started by Saul David. The Zulu War is a new topic for me.

[Mark]

[Pamela]

As I enjoyed Harlequin so much, I'm now reading Vagabond

[Kimber]

My second recent foray into Non-Fiction. It's rather interesting:
Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer's (and Editor's) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myths Second Edition .

[Bobby]

Sandra wrote: "Just started by Saul David. The Zulu War is a new topic for me."

I enjoy reading of the Boer Wars. Especially . So when I saw your post I immediately purchased it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Dawn]

Alright, finally some time to catch up here. You people sure chat a lot!! :)

I don't think I've mentioned any of my September books so here goes:

The Englishman's Boy
Cakes and Ale
Old Man's War
Firebird
Blackveil
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Hounded
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
The Golem and the Jinni
The Book of Secrets

I'm currently reading:

North and South
The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914
The Sittaford Mystery
Anil's Ghost

[Victor]

Linda wrote: "Victor wrote: "Just read by George MacDonald Fraser. Like always, I am impressed how GMF brings to life the history in his fiction.
My review https://w..."

Thanks :)

[Leila]

Linda wrote: "I went to Read Any Book.com to reread Wolf Hall free online. I could not find it at that site. I have started Sarum: The Novel of England instead."

Great book Linda though a long one!

[Leila]

Reading "The Splintered Kingdom" by James Aitcheson and just beginning "Hawk Quest" by Robert Lyndon.

[Darcy]

The Splintered Kingdom
Hawk Quest

[Leila]

Not sure I understand?

[Darcy]

One of the group rules is to link any books not mentioned in the last four posts.
Here's the link to tips on how to link a book, or if speaking in generalities, the author. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Now, if you're using the mobile app, then just let us know and someone will link the book/author for you. :)

[Mark]

Leila wrote: "Not sure I understand?"

If you post a book or an author, the group requests that you do it as a link, like darcy has done for you in her post.

if you dont know how or your using some thing which let use the add book/author link just say in your post that you cant and one of us will do it for you.

as darcy says. ;)

[Leila]

I think I see what you mean now after reading how to do this so thank you both Darcy and Mark for your help. Next time I will hopefully do it correctly. Forgive a rather ancient old lady for not reading the rules properly.

[Darcy]

No worries :)

[Lucy]

Just finished Sansom's Dark Fire, which I thought was meh. The sense of period was not as strong as I would have liked. Before that I finished Hild, which I LOVED.

[Bobby]

Dark Fire

Hild