tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post115714000543187986..comments2023-10-22T04:53:10.706-07:00Comments on LIVING THE WRITER'S LIFE: HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS THAT MADE ME WANT TO WRITE H.F.Wynn Bextonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157876352895597692006-09-10T01:19:00.000-07:002006-09-10T01:19:00.000-07:00Back from my fabulous trip to the Big Apple. I'll ...Back from my fabulous trip to the Big Apple. I'll be posting travel blogs soon.<BR/>My latest reading has been the memoirs of Queen Noor of Jordan<BR/>"Leap of Faith" which is an incredible story, a quite an education to read. I highly recommend it!Wynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157473632342488392006-09-05T09:27:00.000-07:002006-09-05T09:27:00.000-07:00Nice list. I see you have Ivanhoe and the old epic...Nice list. I see you have <I>Ivanhoe</I> and the old epics, too (for me it was the <I>Song of the Niblungs</I> as much as the <I>Illiad</I>). But I can't get into Dickens.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157411325277202542006-09-04T16:08:00.000-07:002006-09-04T16:08:00.000-07:00Interesting comments and book lists, friends. Than...Interesting comments and book lists, friends. Thanks for replying.<BR/><BR/>I'm off to NYC for five days now. Back on the blogspot next weekend.<BR/>Check my travel blog for updates:<BR/><BR/>http://travelthroughhistory.blogspot.comWynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157397471252192882006-09-04T12:17:00.000-07:002006-09-04T12:17:00.000-07:00LOL - Just read Kay's comment. Cheeky!Anyhow, I lo...LOL - Just read Kay's comment. Cheeky!<BR/>Anyhow, I love historical fiction and history books. I see Debra likes Barbara Tuchman - she's my fave too - LOVED her 'In a Distant Mirror', and of course Shakespeare and Homere!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157395610534428052006-09-04T11:46:00.000-07:002006-09-04T11:46:00.000-07:00The Spire. There's a great historical nov for you....The Spire. There's a great historical nov for you. Written by William Golding. Full of phallic imagery and everything.Kay Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191017747436436526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157327206901999872006-09-03T16:46:00.000-07:002006-09-03T16:46:00.000-07:00Oh man, I so love historical fiction...here's a fe...Oh man, I so love historical fiction...here's a few of mine:<BR/><BR/>Mika Waltari's THE EGYPTIAN, read in junior high and still remember it!<BR/>Colleen McCullough, THE GRASS CROWN AND FIRST MAN IN ROME<BR/>AKHENATON, Cecelia Holland (I think)<BR/>Wilbur Smith's novels of ancient Egypt (RIVER GOD)<BR/>SHAKESPEARE!<BR/>and Greek and Roman mythology led me to read about these cultures<BR/><BR/>Non-fiction:<BR/>A DISTANT MIRROR, Barbara Tuchman (not historical fiction but an inspiring work about the 14th century), also her book about writing historY, PRACTICING HISTORYDebra Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707159430906782550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1157292685923457512006-09-03T07:11:00.000-07:002006-09-03T07:11:00.000-07:00Enjoyed your list. Something I'll have to do myse...Enjoyed your list. Something I'll have to do myself.<BR/><BR/>Browsed your just discovered blog and I like it, so I bookmarked it. I'm writing my first historical novel. It takes place in Victorian England. I'm always looking for sources of craft, inspiration, and research.<BR/><BR/>Gene Calvert Washington, DC<BR/>gpcalvert@earthlink.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com