Retrospective of Historical Fiction

Description
Guiding my reading in historical fiction.
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16,428 membres
384 critiques
3.9
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8,693 membres
411 critiques
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18,063 membres
446 critiques
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: A weird tale, verging on if not actually horror, but certainly worth reading.
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11,525 membres
173 critiques
3.9
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11,494 membres
272 critiques
4.2
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6,904 membres
344 critiques
½ 4.3
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5,892 membres
312 critiques
4.1
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5,439 membres
182 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, dianeham
Explications
ahef1963: One of the best. Partially epistolary, so vivid in detail.
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5,077 membres
344 critiques
½ 3.6
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5,065 membres
247 critiques
3.8
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3,927 membres
103 critiques
3.8
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2,201 membres
55 critiques
½ 3.7
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2,140 membres
94 critiques
3.8
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36,471 membres
561 critiques
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3 Members
sturlington, peterveen, ahef1963,dianeham
Explications
ahef1963: Excellent.
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36,455 membres
455 critiques
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, peterveen, ahef1963,sturlington
Explications
ahef1963: a) The first Dickens I ever read, and I was swept away by the story. b) Bring Kleenex.
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13,435 membres
646 critiques
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4 Members
hipdeep, peterveen, kara.shamy, dianeham,sturlington ,ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963 : Way too many characters to remember. I kept losing track of who was who.
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12,816 membres
501 critiques
4.2
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9,145 membres
168 critiques
4.2
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7,956 membres
132 critiques
½ 4.3
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5,878 membres
226 critiques
3.9
3 Members
peterveen, ahef1963, dianeham,sturlington
Explications
ahef1963: I have heard it described as the best crime novel ever. It's really good.
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4,252 membres
310 critiques
3.9
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2,736 membres
102 critiques
½ 4.3
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2,669 membres
55 critiques
3.9
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21,385 membres
755 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : abandoned
ahef1963: If I had a top ten favourite books list, this one would be on it. History, vampires, mystery, beautiful settings; it's grand.
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12,656 membres
232 critiques
3.9
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7,826 membres
284 critiques
4
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6,743 membres
195 critiques
3.9
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4,384 membres
153 critiques
½ 3.7
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4,037 membres
77 critiques
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3,092 membres
150 critiques
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896 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.5
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36,379 membres
371 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963,sturlington
Explications
ahef1963: A real favourite. As vibrant a tale today as it was when it was written.
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22,711 membres
406 critiques
3.9
2 Members
peterveen, kara.shamy,sturlington ,ahef1963
Explications
sturlington : Slavery, America
ahef1963 : I managed to finish it, but only with the help of an online source that steered me through what she was talking about. Unnecessarily dense.
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17,209 membres
319 critiques
3.8
Member
ahef1963,sturlington
Explications
ahef1963: Lovely book.
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17,087 membres
393 critiques
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Member
ahef1963,sturlington
Explications
ahef1963: Another great book. Gives so much power to the women who populate the Old Testament.
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5,080 membres
146 critiques
4
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3,335 membres
129 critiques
½ 3.7
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3,186 membres
199 critiques
½ 3.6
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2,382 membres
67 critiques
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ahef1963,sturlington
Explications
sturlington : Sadly, it is not available at my library.
ahef1963: I love this one so much that one of my children is named for a character in this book. It is chick flick meets historical fiction and it is a great story.
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2,062 membres
126 critiques
½ 3.5
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880 membres
89 critiques
½ 3.3
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362 membres
4 critiques
3.8
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202 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.6
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15,530 membres
379 critiques
3.9
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5,838 membres
256 critiques
½ 3.6
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616 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
peterveen,sturlington ,ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963 : Reading one of the books I can imagine, but it's pretty dry getting through all four.
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12,754 membres
286 critiques
3.9
Explications
ahef1963 : Honestly, it's great for light reading, but it's not well-written.
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9,250 membres
216 critiques
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Explications
ahef1963 : This is probably just me, but as I don't know port from starboard, I felt dreadfully lost in a book that is constantly needing the reader to know where the characters are on the ship!