In June, we will be reading a historical novel.
Please post your nominations here by April 30th.
***This poll will close on May 31st.***
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
Julian Gore Vidal
Katherine by Anya Seton
The Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Ivanhoe
Waverly
The Boy in the striped Pyjamas
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Rob Roy
In June, we will be reading a historical novel.
Please post your nominations here by April 30th.
***This poll will close on May 31st.***
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I nominate Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.
How about Gore Vidal's Julian?
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Katherine by Anya Seton.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I love historical fiction
It is hard to pick just one to nominate but I am going to go with
The Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Nominations so far:
1. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
2. Julian Gore Vidal
3. Katherine by Anya Seton
4. The Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I have wanted to read a Walter Scott novel for the longest time. I'll suggest Waverly but if there is another people would recommend I can switch.
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I thought about nominating Ivanhoe
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I am not actually a big fan of historical novel, to be honest.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I'm not a big fan of the historical novel, either, but Katherine would probably get my vote as I've read other books by Anya Seton and enjoyed them.
Dark Muse,I loved "Ivanhoe"; maybe I would love the one you mentioned, Virgil....why not nominate either?
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It is in BBC's Big Read list as well so it would be great for me to get it out of the wayOriginally Posted by MissScarlett
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I didn't know it was in BBC's Big Read, but it's always sounded pretty good to me. I'm sure it would get my vote.I don't particularly like historical fiction, but Katherine sounds pretty good.
I haven't acutally read the one I nominated yet, so I could not say if I think you would like it or not. I read something about it which sounded interesting and so I nominated it to motivate me to read it.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
the wikipedia page classifies les mis a historical fiction lol
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