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...
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...
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; You've put this very well. I've come to believe that some "historical accuracy purists" are basically obsessive-compulsives who have found an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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"...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Oh this one's on its way to me, so I am awaiting anxiously... !! LOL Sophiene ________________________________ From: daphnepf01 <daphnepf01@...> To:...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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, ...
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."...
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...
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...
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...