Carrie Bebris is writing a series of books as ‘sequels’ to the original Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice and I have read a few of them now. I really like them. Ms Bebris has captured the flavour of the original books extremely well; she is true to all the characters (although I’m horribly shocked [...]
Genre Historical Fiction Books
North by Northanger
Mr & Mrs Darcy Mystery - Volume 3
April 14th, 2011 — Book Reviews | | Author : Carrie Bebris
Tags: Author Carrie Bebris, Genre Historical Fiction, Genre Mystery, Series Mr & Mrs Darcy Mystery
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Pride and Prejudice
April 14th, 2011 — Now Reading... | | Author : Jane Austen
Tags: Author Jane Austen, Genre Historical Fiction, Genre Romance
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The System of the World
The Baroque Cycle - Book 3
July 12th, 2010 — Now Reading... | | Author : Neal Stephenson
Tags: Author Neal Stephenson, Genre Historical Fiction, Series The Baroque Cycle
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The Confusion
The Baroque Cycle - Book 2
July 12th, 2010 — Now Reading... | | Author : Neal Stephenson
Tags: Author Neal Stephenson, Genre Historical Fiction, Series The Baroque Cycle
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And Less Than Kind
The Doubled Edge - Book 4
July 12th, 2010 — Now Reading... | | Authors : Mercedes Lackey, Roberta Gellis
Tags: Author Mercedes Lackey, Author Roberta Gellis, Genre Alternative History, Genre Fantasy, Genre Historical Fiction, Series The Doubled Edge
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By Slanderous Tongues
The Doubled Edge - Book 3
April 25th, 2010 — Book Reviews | | Authors : Mercedes Lackey, Roberta Gellis
Tags: Author Mercedes Lackey, Author Roberta Gellis, Genre Alternative History, Genre Fantasy, Genre Historical Fiction, Series The Doubled Edge
This is the 3rd book in Lackey’s prequel series about elves – I haven’t read the ‘later’ series, but I am confused why I don’t have reviews of Books 1 and 2 here – I have certainly read them! Perhaps it was just before I started this site a year ago? Doesn’t seem that long [...]
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Quicksilver
The Baroque Cycle - Book 1
April 14th, 2010 — Book Reviews | | Author : Neal Stephenson
Tags: Author Neal Stephenson, Genre Historical Fiction, Series The Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson’s work are always intricate works, and this is no exception. I read it on my ipod touch, as I had given an ebook copy of The Baroque Cycle to my husband several years ago, but never had means to read it myself. On the ipod it comes out to over 3000 pages, although [...]
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Northhanger Abbey
January 3rd, 2010 — Book Reviews | | Author : Jane Austen
Tags: Author Jane Austen, Genre Historical Fiction, Genre Romance
My daughter gave me a copy for Christmas, as we were missing it from the shelves. Love that girl so much! … Northhanger Abbey is, of course, classic Jane Austen. It is apparently, the first book she completed, but for unknown reasons the publisher who purchased it allowed it to languish – eventually she bought [...]
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