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“I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables.”
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“Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.”
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“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.”
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“Black man cleans the streets but mustn't walk freely on the pavement; Black man must build houses for the white man but cannot live in them; Black man cooks the white man's food but eats what is left over. Don't listen to anyone bluff you and say Black and white are brothers.”
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“The heads of strong old age are beautiful / Beyond all grace of youth”
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The History Book Club
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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
Historical Info for Historical Fiction Readers
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Information about eras past in different parts of the world. Help for readers who may feel lost in an unfamiliar historical setting, may not understan ...more
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
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The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more
Patrick’s 2025 Year in Books
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