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I have been able to get them through amazon here in the us. kim in ohio ... From: daphnepf01 <daphnepf01@...> To: histfict@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, Jul...
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Jul 23, 2009
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Hello, everyone. I'm new to the group so please let me quickly introduce myself. Author's name: John Yeoman. I write historical novels set in the Jacobethan...
Nigel Robinson
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Jul 29, 2009
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13695
Picking up on previous posts, that a minor historical inaccuracy is not a deterrent to an absorbing story, I would like to add one tentative thought. Crudely...
Nigel Robinson
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Aug 2, 2009
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Nigel; You've put this very well. I've come to believe that some "historical accuracy purists" are basically obsessive-compulsives who have found an...
Anne Gilbert
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Aug 2, 2009
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After 15 years of research, writing and editing, RASHI'S DAUGHTERS: BOOK III - RACHEL goes on sale today. The epic historical series of 3 sisters in...
Maggie Anton
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Aug 5, 2009
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Who else is re-reading the Outlander series in anticipation of the new release next month? This is my fourth read (including the book on tape listen I did of...
Hilary
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Aug 19, 2009
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Planning on starting a re-read shortly - although it's not due to be released in the UK until January. So I've ordered a US copy through Amazon to be sent to...
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Aug 20, 2009
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When it occurred to me that at my age it was very likely that I would never be able to read the ending I pretty much distanced myself from the books. She...
Jeanette Finan
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Aug 20, 2009
12:47 pm
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I recently saw a request for help posted on the Yahoo Jewish Book Marketing group that I couldn't turn down. Shelley B, who runs the blog "Write for a Reader"...
parkhurstmag
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Sep 8, 2009
2:57 pm
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Amazon.com sells refurbished Kindles (ones that had glitches and they had a very liberal return policy) from their site. Apparently the first versin of the...
upscwru
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Sep 16, 2009
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I read "Thunder God" too, as research for my own novel, Viking Saga (sample at www.scribd.com/vikingsaga). Thunder God was okay, but a bit too artsty for me....
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Sep 25, 2009
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Haven't been on this list for a while, but I read and reviewed An Echo in the Bone 2 weeks ago and loved it. Whatever others feel about the books, it matters...
daphnepf01
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Sep 25, 2009
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Thanks for no spoilers! I'm about 30% done with The Fiery Cross (this is my 2nd or 3rd time through; amazing how little I remember), so I'm probably a month...
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Sep 25, 2009
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I'm so excited. Publishers Weekly interviewed me about the final volume of my RASHI'S DAUGHTERS trilogy for their Sept 22 edition, which was also included in...
parkhurstmag
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Sep 27, 2009
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Oh this one's on its way to me, so I am awaiting anxiously... !! LOL Sophiene ________________________________ From: daphnepf01 <daphnepf01@...> To:...
Sophiene
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Sep 27, 2009
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Me too! I've ordered a copy from the US because it's not being published in the UK until January - how stupid is that? Shirley ... From:...
shirley skinner
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Sep 27, 2009
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Not trying to be dramatic. ;) I find I enjoy novels others call "Historical Fiction". I would include "Poland" and "Space" by Michener, "Winds of War" and...
Ed
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Sep 29, 2009
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Welcome, Ed. Was it The Kitchen Boy? http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Boy-Robert-Alexander/dp/1417727209/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top...
upscwru
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Sep 29, 2009
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Probably not, because the kitchen boy is not yet two decades old :-)) Sophiene ________________________________ From: upscwru <UPSCWRU@...> To:...
Sophiene
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Sep 29, 2009
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Welcome to the group, Ed. Ed asked: << I am looking for a novel I read a decade or two ago about the last tsar residing in St. Petersburg but I can't remember...
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Sep 29, 2009
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Welcome to the group Ed. Big Michener fan here! Justin...
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Sep 30, 2009
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13714
My copy of An Echo in the Bone has just been delivered to me here in the office and all I want to do is dash home and curl up with it! It's huge! Shirley ...
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Sep 30, 2009
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Yeah, me too, I read two pages last night before I fell into a coma (too busy at work these days)... Tonight I'll start over and hopefully have more time to...
Sophiene
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Sep 30, 2009
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Oh great heavens! It's not another turgid great ramble like the Fiery Cross is it? I couldn't finish it. I wanted to slap the Claire character so much it...
Charlie Farrow
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Sep 30, 2009
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13717
Great list of books below, read all of them and thoroughly enjoyed them. Frank (NJ) In a message dated 9/30/2009 7:09:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ...
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Sep 30, 2009
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I have not read a Gabaldon book since #2.  Once Claire and Jamie got together all the fun went out of it. "I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic's heart."...
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Oct 1, 2009
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Hooray! Last week I was interviewed by Ann Bocock of WXEL, the NPR station in West Palm Beach, Florida, about the final volume of my RASHI'S DAUGHTERS...
parkhurstmag
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Oct 4, 2009
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Hi all, I just found this group and joined it. I have been reading historical fiction most of my adult life. Recently my first historical novel "There Ain't No...
longicadus
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Oct 9, 2009
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Please forgive me if this post is off-topic, but may I introduce a new writing contest particularly apt to writers of historical fiction? Like most of us, I've...
John Yeoman
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Oct 26, 2009
8:36 pm
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It's there, Rosemary. Try again. Jen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jen Black
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