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Tietoja minusta Have always been a massive fantasy fan all my life. Lately, i'm big into historical fiction - especially Ancient Rome. The book that got me 'hooked' into reading in the first place was Legend by David Gemmell. Pretty soon after that i read Magician by Raymond E. Feist and i've never been the same since!
Tietoja kirjastostani Totally dominated by fantasy books. I'm looking to enlarge my historical fiction, so if anyone has any suggestions?
Last 12 Reads
Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow
The Eagle's Conquest by Simon Scarrow
The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
Stormwarden by Janny Wurts
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
When the Eagle Hunts by Simon Scarrow
Keeper of the Keys by Janny Wurts
Roma by Steven Saylor
Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis
Venus in Copper by Lindsey Davis
The Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis
Shadowfane by Janny Wurts
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The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts
What i'm planning to read very soon
I've just started on Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow Series - that's gonna take a while! I have one more Simon Scarrow book - The Eagle and the Wolves. Another great series is Colleen McCullough's Master of Rome series - I'm two books in. I'm kind of yearning to read all of Raymond E.Feist's books as well - i had read as far as his Serpent War Trilogy - but i may reread everything again because it has been a while! I'm looking forward to reading Conn Iggulden's new Conqueror series, but he's only two books published so far and i hear its going to be six altogether - so i'll wait awhile on them. Anyway, i've more than enough to keep me going for a long time!
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I enjoyed the books tremendously, dunno how much of a collector that makes me, but it's worth knowing the compendium exists.
And - on 300 pages into Curse of the Mistwraith - you made my day! Have a wondrous, wild read...
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 2:50 pm (EST) Jul 16, 2008
So pleased you're enjoying the Lindsey Davis books - they are wonderfully inventive, and with some delightful parallels to our modernday frustrations...did you get to the one on publishers, yet? Travel agents? Banking business? Made me roar with laughter. She has quite a gift. I have now read them all, but the one which is not a Falco book (haven't been able to find it, yet). For the most part she is very very consistent - and a few are quite over the top, for suspense.
Thanks for your lovely comment on Shadowfane. It's a pet peeve of mine, that if the payoff of a story doesn't top the opening, and build to a crashing good finish, the story wasn't worth writing in the first place. Expect I will follow this through - though in some of the longer books (and series arcs) you may have to build up to it. I promise to eat the covers, and my nastiest shoe, if the payoff doesn't deliver... I hope you enjoy your visit to Athera (Mistwraith).
And one day, I hope I get to write Shadowfane's sequel, Starhope. It is one crazy mix.
I am finally getting to H.P. and the Deathly Hallows, after about half the world has read it.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 12:31 pm (EST) Jul 13, 2008
Lähettänyt: seedubya 5:22 pm (EST) Jun 25, 2008
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 10:10 am (EST) Jun 14, 2008
The Davis works mesh together very tightly - the timing of one follows the next in close relationship.
How delightful to hear you are targeting the Wars of Light and Shadow. It's one series, but breaks up into five "arcs" - each of which encompasses a phase of the action - while all of them relate in order as one long tale, the shorter phases are demarked.
Curse of the Mistwraith is the "stage setter" - it will initiate the main thrust, and reach a culmination point.
Ships of Merior/Warhost of Vastmark comprise arc II, an were intended to be one book.
Alliance of Light is the third arc - consider these five volumes as ONE STORY. It is completed and wraps up the middle phase, and consists of:
Fugitive Prince
Grand Conspiracy
Peril's Gate
Traitor's Knot
Stormed Fortress
To come, Arc IV, Sword of the Canon, to include Initiate's Trial and Destiny's Conflict
The last arc will be one volume, title to be announced.
You will find this series weaves deeper and more powerfully - that earlier material will recur in more height and depth. So alot of what seems inconsequential will not be....hope the "road map" helps - if you make it to the payoff at Stormed Fortress, guaranteed, it WILL blow your socks off. Enjoy!
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 2:00 pm (EST) Jun 6, 2008
Yes, I liked Shadows In Bronze very much - I have now read all but the last 3 in Davis's Falco series, and they are all quite top notch. It is DEFINITELY worth reading them in sequence, as she builds on the characters' stories very nicely. Some were more suspenseful than others, but all have that delightfully sharp wit that keeps you coming back for more.
A proof copy - is made in advance of publication, bound in a "soft" binding - (basically it's a bound page proof with no cover art) - that is used for review purposes, to generate interest pre-publication. There are likely to be minor errors in the text, as they are done before proof reading and the author's last check takes place. In the case of my books, any changes are likely to be teensy nitpicks - collectors like them, but the author gets no credit or royalty for such copies, as they are considered publicity. By now, this edition of Grand Conspiracy is out of print in the USA. So - if you have no copy, or like to collect - you're in like Flynn, though if they are charging LOTS - you can get the mass market printing, available in London for cover, or find a used book not at a premium. If you haven't ever read the Light and Shadows series, I do not recommend you start with Grand Conspiracy - this title is mid-stream in a series that rightfully begins with Curse of the Mistwraith (you may know this already?) If you happen not to be familiar with the series yet (my connection is slow and cranky, so no, I did not check your library) I'd be happy to give you the listing of the books in the correct order. That particular proof set for Grand Conspiracy was "lucky" for me - I got a starred review in Publisher's Weekly off that printing.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 9:23 pm (EST) Jun 4, 2008
And cheers for the IL... :)
K
Lähettänyt: Severn 8:16 pm (EST) Jun 2, 2008
Lähettänyt: Severn 12:51 am (EST) Jun 2, 2008
I am more strictly history/military history, not dipping too much into historical fiction, mostly by happenstance. But here are two authors to try out:
Alfred Duggan (English, d. 1962): A Knight in Armour (his first novel, written in 1952). The story of a young English knight, the second son of a small fief-holder, who seeks his fortune (i.e. a fiefdom in the Holy Land) and remission of sins with the First Crusade. Very well written and seemingly accurate as to period and happenings on the First Crusade up to the capture of Jerusalem; and the ending is pretty unique compared to most historical novels. I have also read his last novel (1962), Behomond (spelling?), one of the Italo-Norman leaders of the Crusade and later Prince of Antioch. Also Lord Geoffrey's Fancy about the Latin kingdoms/holdings in Greece in the mid-13th cent. He began writing very late in his life about one novel per year and died at the relatively young age of about 62. The novels are based on Roman history (late Republic, early Empire), Anglo-Saxon England, and Middle Ages/Crusades. If you search/Google him, amongst the usual dreck, there is an excellent critical review; maybe I can find it and send it on to you. Here it is http://olimu.com/journalism/Texts/Critic...
/thiller author) a very good (and large 900 page) historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The story line is the construction of an English cathedral during the end of the reign of Stephen of Blois (and the Anglo-Norman civil war) into the reign of Henry II, the start of the Plantagenet line. Lots of characters inter-twined over several decades. I would also recommned having David Maculay's Cathederal as a visual aid to "seeing" the consruction. There is a Wikeapedia article on the novel.
If you wish to contact me do it through my home e-mail dbg350@sbcglobal.net; this is from work (only 45 days to retirement to early retirement of which 8 are in Tuscany). My librarything (in progress) is under user name "dgrapes".
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Lähettänyt: dgrapes 5:21 pm (EST) May 16, 2008
My husband and I are apt to listen to them on long trips, or when we are working details into a painting in the art studio.
The reader for the Harry Potter series is quite excellent. He does a different voice for each character and is very gifted.
Audio books are a fall back against boring tasks. I prefer to actually read.
For Don, he reads so very slowly, and as an artist, paints all day long. He enjoys many books that way, he couldn't have time for, otherwise.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 9:36 pm (EST) May 12, 2008
You'd probably enjoy the Hambly book, too. Her handling of characters is very acute, if the outlook is not quite the same brand of wryly cynical humor. It's an intense story, well told. She captured the life and times with the same depth and verve.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 1:18 pm (EST) May 3, 2008
I think you will enjoy The Silver Pigs. I hope you don't have the audio version - my husband rented it, and the reader was not the best match for the tone of the hero, or so we thought. Have fun!
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 10:31 am (EST) Apr 29, 2008
I have tried the first of the Scarrow books - competent, workmanlike, and idea based...I am wondering how you will like the Lindsey Davis - she has a zesty tone - more character driven, and sly wit.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 11:32 am (EST) Apr 21, 2008
No, I have not read that other author you mentioned. Have you time for a bit of a steer?
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 7:25 pm (EST) Apr 17, 2008
Lähettänyt: a_radical_abacus 7:21 pm (EST) Apr 17, 2008
No, I have not read that other author you mentioned. Have you time for a bit of a steer?
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 7:20 pm (EST) Apr 17, 2008
Lähettänyt: Irisheyz77 6:06 pm (EST) Apr 17, 2008
On a side note, I love David Gemmell.
Lähettänyt: a_radical_abacus 3:27 am (EST) Apr 17, 2008
I think you will love The Silver Pigs.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 11:32 am (EST) Apr 16, 2008
You asked for historical fiction recommendations. Here are a few authors I have enjoyed in that genre:
Bernard Cornwell (Napoleonic Wars, Saxon Novels, U.S. Civil War, Arthurian legends)
Ellis Peters, aka Edith Pargeter (Medieval mysteries, World War II)
C. S. Forester (the Hornblower novels: British Naval History)
Owen Parry (U.S. Civil War)
Patrick O'Brian (British Naval History)
Morgan Llywelyn (Celtic tales, Irish History)
Derek Robinson (20th century Aviation - WWI and WWII)
Lähettänyt: hashiru 5:42 pm (EST) Apr 13, 2008
The Hambly mystery is superbly worth chasing down. It was originally published in Hardback, under the title The Quirinal Hill Affair - then in paperback, the title was shifted to Search the Seven Hills. That may help you find a copy. I think it's one of her very best books. I had the paperback, then chased down the hardbound, that's how much of a keeper it is, by my regard. I PROBABLY gave away the duplicate paperback, long since. But if you have no luck in your search, ask, I could dig about and check. Usually when I replace an edition, I give away the old copy to gain the writer a new reader.
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 1:21 pm (EST) Apr 11, 2008
And a warm welcome.
Best - Janny Wurts
Lähettänyt: JannyWurts 7:14 pm (EST) Apr 9, 2008
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