 Editor in Chief Bill   | 07 Jul 2015 5:49 p.m. PST |
Which of these is your favorite? Bring Up The Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
The Book Of Madness And Cures (Regina O'Melveny)
The Orphanmaster (Jean Zimmerman)
The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile (Enid Shomer)
The Orchardist (Amanda Coplin)
River of Smoke (Amitav Ghosh) |
| Cyrus the Great | 07 Jul 2015 5:52 p.m. PST |
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| Ragbones | 07 Jul 2015 6:23 p.m. PST |
Haven't heard of any of them. |
 enfant perdus  | 07 Jul 2015 6:33 p.m. PST |
Bring Up The Bodies is the only one I've read. I can't overstate how good it is. One of the best historical novels I've ever read. |
| Winston Smith | 07 Jul 2015 6:35 p.m. PST |
Not a manly name among them!  |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 07 Jul 2015 7:32 p.m. PST |
OK, read them in the next few months, before the poll comes up for a vote! |
| nevals | 07 Jul 2015 7:58 p.m. PST |
Do I sense a seed of a future TMP Book Club? |
| nevals | 07 Jul 2015 8:00 p.m. PST |
Bring up the Bodies is a sequel to Wolf Hall, and that one was very good. |
| vtsaogames | 07 Jul 2015 8:07 p.m. PST |
My wife's reading Wolf Hall. I get it when she's done. Though I'm plowing through "A Peace to End All Peace" right now. Slow going, that diplomatic history. |
| benglish | 07 Jul 2015 8:16 p.m. PST |
Best not to get your reading list from NPR unless you like books that double as sleeping pills. Though I must say I do want to read those Mantel books. |
| enfant perdus | 07 Jul 2015 8:34 p.m. PST |
I think that's a little unfair. Off the top of my head, NPR gave me the heads up on The Devil in the White City, King Leopold's Ghost, The Daylight Gate, and The Good Lord Bird. |
| John the OFM | 07 Jul 2015 9:24 p.m. PST |
OK, read them in the next few months, before the poll comes up for a vote! Good grief. Are you actually expecting us to make informed responses to a Poll? How long have you been around here? |
| 14Bore | 08 Jul 2015 2:39 a.m. PST |
I have enjoyed historical novels but usually stick to actual historical books. |
| Chris Rance | 08 Jul 2015 3:16 a.m. PST |
Another vote for Hilary Mantel. She actually rekindled my interest in Tudor history, which had been snuffed out at school by the dire teaching we had about "Tudors and Stuarts". |
| Lee Brilleaux | 08 Jul 2015 8:29 a.m. PST |
NPR is one of the few remaining mass media outlets that appreciates that actual books still exist. Its taste may run to the high-brow end of things, but it's better than the opposite. |
| 15th Hussar | 08 Jul 2015 9:40 a.m. PST |
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| IronDuke596 | 08 Jul 2015 11:09 a.m. PST |
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| Bellbottom | 08 Jul 2015 12:46 p.m. PST |
Who the heck is NPR? Never heard of them.
Hilary Mantel is brilliant. (both books)
Just finished Conn Igguldens second Wars of the Roses book 'Trinity', much better than the first book and recommended.
Haven't read any of the others (or even heard of them).
I would highly recommend anything by Christan Cameron. |
