tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post1852191586633602276..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Reading Historical FictionJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65128184521444432012013-02-28T22:48:16.323-05:002013-02-28T22:48:16.323-05:00Dorothy Dunnett's Francis Crawford series and ...Dorothy Dunnett's Francis Crawford series and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels are my favorites and I've re-read each series more times than I can admit even to myself. It's easy to get lost in Dunnett's and O'Brian's worlds.<br /><br />I thought that Diana Gabaldon's first 3 Outlander books were brilliant but by The Fiery Cross, I started to lose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-77001745941631961422013-02-28T20:48:24.244-05:002013-02-28T20:48:24.244-05:00If we're going back decades, how about Mary Re...If we're going back decades, how about Mary Renault's remarkable novels set in ancient Greece? She had the gift of convincing the reader it must all have been exactly the way she imagined it.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-50443796942963002402013-02-28T16:22:04.692-05:002013-02-28T16:22:04.692-05:00Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series is one of...Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series is one of the most beautifully written historical mystery series ever. And as for straight historical fiction, I loved Colleen McCulloughs series on Rome, Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire and subsequent novels set in classical Greece, Stephen Saylor's Gordianus series, and Pauline Gedge's Egyptian books. Oh, so many, I could go on and on.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28114012073111795962013-02-28T15:43:20.871-05:002013-02-28T15:43:20.871-05:00In my teens & early 20s, read and enjoyed Tho...In my teens & early 20s, read and enjoyed Thomas B. Costain. Sharon Kay Penman would be my favorite, currently writing, historical novelist. Recently discovered Bernard Cornwell's "1356" at my public library and went on to read his "Agincourt." My sister gave me her Diane Gabaldon books and I read them twice. Not sure how much credence I would put in the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com