Hey!
Yeah, as you can tell from my headline, I've been reading historical fiction lately.
The cool thing about historical fiction is that it feels like a story, like any other book you read, but it throws in some facts without you realizing it, and it is based on real people.
I recently read The Queen's Fool By Philippa Gregory, which was good. (Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Set in the early 1550s. From the point of view of Hannah, the royal fool.)
Now I'm reading The Dragon Queen By Alice Borchardt. (Guinevere and her life. Has magic in it, so it's not really historical fiction...it's like historical fiction/fantasy, but whatever.)
I also have
- The Constant Princess By Philippa Gregory
- A Countess Below Stairs By Eva Ibbotson
AND
- A Song For Summer By Eva Ibbotson
The Constant Princess is about Katherine of Aragon (King Henry VIII's first wife.)
The other 2 aren't based on real people, but A Song for Summer is set during World War II, and A Countess Below Stairs is set right after the Russian Revolution. I don't know the actual dates, but World War II was in the 1940's...right? I think the Russian Revolution one was before World War I?? (I'm flipping through the book to find dates, which I'm not finding, but the prologue says "...that was St. Petersburg before the First World War..."
I think a lot of people would actual enjoy Historical Fiction if they gave it a chance. So, give it a chance!!! Just read one or two and then decide whether you like it or not.
Thanks for listening!
Kaminsky
P.S. -
I also have the following from the library. Does anyone have any opinions of any of them?
- The Changeover By Margaret Mahy
- Paladin of Souls By Lois McMaster Bujold
- A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl By Tanya Lee Stone
- The Firebrand By Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Moon Riders By Theresa Timlinson
- The Forgotten Beasts of Eld By Patricia A. McKillip
- Sold By Patricia McCormick
- Dead Connection By Charlie Price
Also - If anyone wants to know if I've already a read a book and what I think about it, or if you want to recomend a book, just leave me a comment!!
Kaminsky
