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1. Reading Historical Fiction Enjoy reading historical fiction? Just getting interested in it? Here are some useful sites for readers (or prospective readers) of historical fiction. You're bound to find something you like through the links below, whatever the time period you...
2. Caenus And The Quiver Of Artemis Christopher S. Ledbetter's debut young adult novel, Caenus and The Quiver of Artemis, is Book One in the "Of Kings And Gods" trilogy. The novel is a sweeping historical story, heavily influenced by Greek mythology, and set in Ancient Gr...
3. Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian  was an English author, specializing in hostorical novels that come very close to history books, as their details are very well researched. Now these great boooks are also available as downloadable audio books online: Patrick O'B...
4. Virgin and the Crab I love historical fiction, and especially anything written about the Tudor and Elizabethan times. Currently my favourite novel is this one: Virgin and the Crab by Robert Parry. Apart from the ever-charismatic figure of Elizabeth, it's cast of charac...
5. The Condor's Feather - the pampas of Patagonia on horseback Mobs of wild horses, pampas winds, Tehuelche Indians, and mountain lions are just a few of the problems awaiting this unsuspecting group of English riders. Add to that four escaped convicts whose diabolical deeds defy comprehension..... Find out wher...
6. The Best Novel Of England This novel has got to be one of the most detailed and wholly entertaining works ever written about England. It literally takes you from the frozen tundra of the Ice Age, all the way to the present. I just could not put this book down. Even after my t...
7. 'Sea Dust' - dramatic story set on a tall ship In order to escape the clutches of a drunken husband, Emma stows away on a sailing ship bound for Australia. Despite the help of a French sailor, nothing can protect her from the diabolical evil which lurks on board. Set in 1856 in Whitby, Cape Town...
8. The Twisting Vine - historical novel and hints on writing a book THE TWISTING VINE is a saga set in Yorkshire in 1898 where times of peace and war, grief and joy are linked by the unobtrusive presence of a French Bru doll. If you have an interest in Antique French Fashion dolls or just enjoy a fast moving sto...
9. Temeraire - a Dragon Defending England from Napoleon To learn more about the world of Temeraire - visit the official homepage! Pictured to the left is book #5 in the series, Victory of Eagles, just released in July 2008! I just finished reading it, and it is as amazing as the first four books in the s...
10. Historical Romantic Suspense Novels Kathryn Hunter is a Historical Suspense novels writer. Her gripping novels and captivating romances touch the heart and soul. While she leans away from the bodice rippers, toward the more sensual historical romance novels Katheyn Hunter looses nothin...
11. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter Twenty-four: To Kill the Christ Eight years had passed since the three time travelers had entered pre-historic Britain, and they had built an economically vibrant coalition of tribes that kept the peace in central Britannia. It had come at some cost in blood and coin, but the peopl...
12. Gore Vidal August 6, 2008 Gore Vidal been called the biographer of our nation and times; the last surviving giant of the golden age of American literature; a public intellectual in a new age that celebrates mass ignorance, and a combination of the elite sophis...
13. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter One: The Oxford Bookstore Affair        The tall American in dark grey tweeds, a concession to living in Oxford, paused before the theater marquee advertising a remake of Back to the Future. The February rain, which Brits considered a mist, increased in...
14. "To Kill the Christ" - Book One in the Trilogy "A Kingdom Called Long Reach" Introduction: In this historical speculative fiction, an American Protestant doctoral candidate in Oxford and his fiancé, an English Catholic nurse, along with a Muslim trader who is a member of a terrorist group, are blasted into tribal Brita...
15. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter Twenty-two: Serpent in Long Reach Gaio was unhappy with Nottingham. He was someone of importance in Camulodunum. There he attracted physicians and apprentices like a bright new star in the firmament. And young women of some culture, well dressed and gay and bright sought his favors....
16. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter Thirty-one: Hunt for a Brigand Carl and the two commandos returned to Antioch, January first, AD28. Alexander was still on the coast buying dye and cloth and arranging for shipping. The shipping season in the Mediterranean ran from 10 March to 11 November, dates determined by long...
17. To Kill the Christ! - Epilogue Cunobelin rode out from the gloom of Sherwood and paused to stare in wonder at the huge fortress sitting on a knoll about a mile away. Reports from spies had warned of its size, but to see it even at a distance was a revelation. Without turning towar...
18. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter Twenty-five: Roman Gaul Carl felt helpless. He was leaving Rebecca and the children by themselves. He had great faith in Morius and Ort for they had proved their loyalties time and again, but contenders for the throne would spring from the shadows as soon as people realized...
19. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter Twenty-seven: A Senator’s Letter of Passage The steep road to lacus Sebinnes was made more dangerous by mud flows across the road after they passed the snow pack. Only a slow and careful descent enabled the caravan to safely reach the Roman village on the northwestern end of the lake. It was a...
20. To Kill the Christ! - Chapter Twenty-eight: Messalina The trip to Brundisium and across the Adriatic to Greece was without event. Aurilius’ letter with its embossed wax seal opened doors and burnished welcome signs. There was even assurance of passage to Corinth by a naval vessel that sailed with...