Historical Fiction / May '11 Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Please nominate the "historical" novel you would like to read in May in this thread.

Please remember that:

- Only those members with 50+ posts can nominate.

- One nomination per member.

- Only the first 10 nominations will be included in the poll.


The Book Club readings are for those who would like to read and discuss books together with other members.

If you are not able to take part or unwilling to (re)read your own nominations, please refrain from nominating book.


A list of historical novels.

[TheFifthElement]

I nominate Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

[Paulclem]

I nominate Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

Good choice.

It's going to be difficult to decide on a nomination. Some great novels.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Historical fiction is a genre I'm very unfamiliar with, so I'll leave the nominations to other members.

[jlb4tlb]

I would like to nominate "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara. For more info check the following; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_Angels

[Dark Muse]

I nominate Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

I have been wanting to read that for a while and considered it nominating it myself.

I nominate Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I nominate Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

Please tell me it's better than the movie.

And, browsing the provided list, I do have a nomination: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.

[Dark Muse]

Please tell me it's better than the movie.

I fear I cannot tell you that, since I have not seen the movie, and haven't read the book yet, but the book sounded interesting and I have read good reviews, and was recommended to me here on this forum.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

2. "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara

3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

4. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane


I have been meaning to read The Killer Angels for a while now and have read Captain Corelli's Mandolin; thought it was a very good book as it was not simply about a war-time love affair but had many political/philosophical interjections within the story. Haven't seen the movie, though.

I would like to nominate The Caine Mutiny.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Nominations so far:

1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

2. "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara

3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

I have been meaning to read The Killer Angels for a while now and have read Captain Corelli's Mandolin; thought it was a very good book as it was not simply about a war-time love affair but had many political/philosophical interjections within the story. Haven't seen the movie, though.

I would like to nominate The Caine Mutiny.

Ummm, I think you overlooked my nomination, Scher ... The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.

[dfloyd]

In that case, I would like to nominate a Dumas' novel, often overlooked and belonging to the Marie Antoinette Romances, but which can be read as a stand-alone historical novel:The Queen's Necklace.

[Dark Muse]

This is going to be hard, HF is one of my personal favorite genres, so almost every book nominated so far I want to read. I am not going to have any idea what to vote for.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

2. "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara

3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

4. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

5. The Caine Mutiny

6. The Queen's Necklace by Dumas

[papayahed]

I've been trying to read Wolf Hall for the longest time.

[dfloyd]

It is a very good book, not like most historical novels. In fact it is probably more fact than fiction. If you are not familiar with the reign of Henry VIII, you must do research to enable you to read the book with any assurance. Watching The Tudors might help. It is one of those books in which the reader must put extra effort to get the benefit of the author's research and writing. I found myself looking up various facts and personages every few chapters. It is not for those who want historical romantic fiction.