There I've gotten that out of my system Dunnetteers can be quite tiresome ))Ĭhelsea Quinn Yarbro is a name I'd like to throw out.
Okay it depends on which one I'm reading now. House Niccolo is even better and my all time favorite is King Hereafter. The Lymond Chronicle is and always will be my favorite books. (Some of the fun is finally finding the reference she's making.) IMO she is the best writer of historical fiction ever.
Hello, I'm a new member perusing older posts and must add my two cents.post #6, orsolina.ĭorothy Dunnett opaque surely you jest ))). * Art Spiegelman (graphic novel Maus) – Europe * Ken Follett ( Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants) – Europe * Robert Graves ( I, Claudius) – Roman Empire * Mario Vargas Llosa ( Feast of the Goat) – Latin America
* Gary Jennings ( Aztec) – Pre-Colombian America * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( Half of a Yellow Sun) – Nigeria * Chinua Achebe ( Things Fall Apart) – Nigeria * Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel Persepolis) – Iran (note: some would not qualify this as historical fiction) * Amin Maalouf ( Samarkand, Leo Africanus) – Middle East * Tariq Ali ( Book of Saladin) – Middle East * Conn Iggulden ( Genghis: Birth of an Empire) – Mongolia inventively animates a large cast continues to base her narrative on the firm ground of fact."-Kirkus Reviews "A COMPELLING, WELL-WRITTEN EPIC…Penman is an accomplished novelist and certainly has staked a claim to medieval England as her literary fiefdom.* Bebe Moore Campbell ( Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine)įor historical fiction set in other parts of the world inventively animates a large cast continues to base her narrative on the firm ground of fact."- Kirkus Reviews "A COMPELLING, WELL-WRITTEN EPIC…Penman is an accomplished novelist and certainly has staked a claim to medieval England as her literary fiefdom."- Philadelphia Inquirer, " marvelous medieval pageant of a novel.Another jewel in already glittering crown."-Orlando Sentinel "Penman once again tells a tale of kings and queens, singular destinies, and double-crosses. " marvelous medieval pageant of a novel.Another jewel in already glittering crown."- Orlando Sentinel "Penman once again tells a tale of kings and queens, singular destinies, and double-crosses.
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