Some of my Favourite Historical Fiction
- Description
- For those who like some fiction to go with their history (or history to go with their fiction!).
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: Lady Jane Grey. Queen of England for nine days at sixteen years old, in between "Bloody Mary" and Elizabeth I.
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6,187 membres
134 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2016-02-22, 04:09 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: My favourite by Gregory. Set during the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth I.
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de Jamie Ford
6,797 membres
466 critiques
3.9
Score 3.04
Ajouté 2016-02-22, 04:10 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: Interracial romance between a Chinese American boy and a Japanese girl. Set during WWII.
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30,490 membres
1,488 critiques
½ 4.4
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:50 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: I would highly recommend the audio. Amazing audio! A number of different narrators and it really came alive on audio, with the accents and all.
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771 membres
62 critiques
4.1
Score 2.68
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:50 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: Juana of Castile ("Mad Juana"). She was Katherine of Aragon's sister.
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de Kate Morton
7,890 membres
444 critiques
4
Score 2.56
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:51 PM
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- LibraryCin
- Explications
- LibraryCin: The first I read by Kate Morton and still my favourite.
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8,370 membres
351 critiques
4.2
Score 2.46
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:51 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: A black woman time travels from the 1970s back to slavery.
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23,428 membres
441 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 2.38
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:51 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: I didn't read this until my late 30s. It's long but well worth it!
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1,531 membres
97 critiques
4
Score 2.31
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:52 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: Back to Roman times.
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: My favourite (so far) by Lisa See. A Chinese American girl in China in the 1950s.
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2,247 membres
63 critiques
4.1
Score 2.2
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:52 PM
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- LibraryCin
- Explications
- LibraryCin: 1960s Canada.
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3,550 membres
91 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 2.15
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:52 PM
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: It was a toss up between including this or Girl with a Pearl Earring on my list. I went with the less well-known one. Really liked them both.
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: Funny book, plus some really well-researched historical fiction here.
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- LibraryCin
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- LibraryCin: WWI. A deaf girl marries a man who leaves for the war within a couple of weeks.
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558 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 2.03
Ajouté 2016-02-26, 10:52 PM
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- LibraryCin
- Explications
- LibraryCin: My favourite by Wayne Johnston. It's the race to the North Pole.