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[Alice]

happy wrote: "Nice review.

I also really like it."

Thanks happy!

[Alice]

I'm reading Blood & Beauty: The Borgias and liking it so far.

[Kimber]

Alice wrote: "I'm reading Blood & Beauty: The Borgias and liking it so far."

Loved that one!

[Sylvia]

Have just finished the The Morland Dynasty - 35 books the first one beginning in 1434 (The Founding) at the time of the War of the Roses. I enjoyed them all.

[Ace]

Sylvia wrote: "Have just finished the The Morland Dynasty - 35 books the first one beginning in 1434 (The Founding) at the time of the War of the Roses. I enjoyed them all."

That's quite a feat! Nice going.

[Edward]

Spartacus: Rebellion by Ben Kane

[happy]

Good book!

[Edward]

happy wrote: "Good book!"

happy wrote: "Good book!"

Thanks happy, enjoying every bit of it.

[Gretchen]

So.....I decided to start Outlander the other day......judge me at your own risk

[siriusedward]

Eagle in the Snow and The Mysteries of Udolpho.....enjoying both...

[May]

Gretchen, no judgement here! I truly loved the first several books. Enough to share them with many friends!
Enjoy!

[Nazzarena]

Gretchen wrote: "So.....I decided to start Outlander the other day......judge me at your own risk"

I've read the first two, and gave two stars to both: too much romance for me, and too little history :(

EDIT:
I want to try a little fantasy and I started Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

[Dan]

I've just finished reading by Ian Ross, a really enjoyable book and a great addition to the Roman Army Military adventure genre, will look out for the other books in this series

[Jane]

Gretchen wrote: "So.....I decided to start Outlander the other day......judge me at your own risk"

Book 1 didn't grab me so I'm avoiding others.

[Jane]

Dan wrote: "I've just finished reading by Ian Ross, a really enjoyable book and a great addition to the Roman Army Military adventure genre, will look out for ..."

Only 2 others so far. I think this series is great!

[Jane]

ReadingDreams of the Compass Rose
The Mirrored World
Betray the Night

[Bobby]

And

[Paul]

Tindr, by Octavia Randolph, set in Gotland, ca. 900 AD. Excellent sequel to the Circle of Ceridwen series of the last two or three years. Which, as I think of it, the series should probably be read first.

[Alice]

I've started The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great.

[Jane]

The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria / John W. Kiser

[happy]

I just started the latest volume of Jeffrey Archers Clifton Cronicles

[Alice]

happy wrote: "I just started the latest volume of Jeffrey Archers Clifton Cronicles

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Interesting happy! Among my GR friends, almost none has ever read Jeffrey Archer. I've read two: The Fourth Estate and False Impression, both of which I loved.

[happy]

I enjoy him - I think his earlier stuff is better. This series is middle of the road - not great, but not bad - decent beach read :) It's a fictionalized history of Britian in the 20th century - this volume is set in the early '70s

[happy]

happy wrote: "I just started the latest volume of Jeffrey Archers Clifton Cronicles

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I finished this one

Fun read, but not great the - it is set between 1971-1978 and Margret Thatcher is a minor character

definitely not a standalone, you probably have to read the preceding novels to really understand what's going on.

3.75 stars rounded up.

I'm currently reading Stargardt's look at Germany in WWII

[Linda]

happy wrote: "I just started the latest volume of Jeffrey Archers Clifton Cronicles

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I've read the first two in the Clifton Chronicles and I just finished Kane and Abel. 5 stars. I love Jeffrey Archer's books. Let us know how you like that one.

[Jane]

Zeus of Ithome / T.E. Taylor

[happy]

Linda wrote: "happy wrote: "I just started the latest volume of Jeffrey Archers Clifton Cronicles

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I've read the first two in the Clifton Chronicles and I just finished [bo..."

I loved Kane and Abel, it was one of the first one of his I read. I also liked his remanicences (SP) of his time as the guest of Her Majesty.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/6078...

He was convicted of perjury while a MP and spent a couple yrs in prison.

[Fiona]

I have just finishing reading the second draft of my own third novel, but I have started reading Raymond E Feist - King of Foxes for a break.

I read book one in this series a while ago and Feist is one of my favourite fantasy authors.

[Bobby]

[Dan]

I'm reading Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield have only just started but am enjoying it

[May]

Steven Pressfield writes an incredible story. This is one of my husband's favorite books!

[Eileen]

Dan wrote: "I'm reading Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield have only just started but am enjoying it"

Loved that one!

[Jane]

Emperor / Colin Thubron

epistolary novel about Constantine

[siriusedward]

Dan wrote: "I'm reading Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield have only just started but am enjoying it"

Very beautiful story..

[Sherry]

Dan wrote: "I'm reading Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield have only just started but am enjoying it"

One of my top three historical novels of all time! I hope you enjoy it, Dan.

[Jane]

I agree that Gates of Fire is certainly worthwhile reading and I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed even more The Olympian: A Tale of Ancient Hellas by E.S. Kraay.

[Jane]

Now reading The Augur's Daughter: A Story of Etruscan Life by Sybille Haynes.

[Dan]

Thanks Jane - it looks like an interesting book, will look out for it

[Jane]

Am rereading The Fox / M.N.J. Butler. Thought it superb 1st time and am enjoying it just as much the 2nd time.

[Allison]

Martha wrote: "Just started the third book of the Fifth Knight series, I have so enjoyed this series hope this third book keeps my interest, ."

Just added the series, thanks!

[Alice]

I'm half-way through .


Other than the few graphic scenes with excessive violence, it's a decent read. But I'm inclined to think the author tries too hard to paint Lucrezia Borgia in a hugely forgiving light.

[siriusedward]

The Silkworm by. Robert Galbraith

[Bobby]

Now and Again

[Jane]

Blood & Roses: the Paston Family and the Wars of the Roses

Also Count Belisarius

[happy]

I'm starting #15 of Paul Doherty's Bro Athelstan mystery series

The Herald of Hell: A Brother Athelstan Novel of Medieval London

The last few have been set in the run up to the Peasant Revolt of 1381. From the frist few pages I think it is about to start.


I just finished Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

It's a NF look at the disasterious British attempt to take the French fort at what is now Pittsburg and brought George Washington to prominence.

Good read. Besides Geo Washington there were a few other men there who had a signicant role in the American Revolution.

[happy]

Finished The Harold of Hell - fun, quick read. Not great literature, but a fun little murder mystery.

currently reading this NF look at the Magna Carta

King John and the Road to Magna Carta

[Dan]

I've started reading Haedfeld by M.J. Porter so far I am really enjoying it - set in the 630's in Britain

[Bobby]

[Sunny]

Kimber wrote: "Alice wrote: "I'm reading Blood & Beauty: The Borgias and liking it so far."

Loved that one!"

One of my favorites!

[Sunny]

I'm reading Freud's Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman. Excellent!