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• Tales of Mystery & the Macabre by Elizabeth Gaskell

  
  things mean a lot — Authority: 492
  Tales of Mystery & the Macabre collects nine Gothic short stories and novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell, most of which were originally published in Charles Dickens’ weekly Household Words , and then collected in Curious, If True and The Grey Woman and Other Tales . Let’s get this out of the way: this is ...
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• Arabella

  
  Becky's Book Reviews — Authority: 429
  Heyer, Georgette. 1949/2009. Arabella. Sourcebooks. 312 pages. The schoolroom in the parsonage at Heythram was not a large apartment, but on a bleak January day, in a household where the consumption of coals was a consideration, this was not felt by its occupants to be a disadvantage. Arabella Tallant, a young ...
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• The Last Brother, a Civil War Tale

  
  world of fiction — Authority: 104
  The Last Brother, a Civil War Tale by Trinka Hakes Noble, illustrated by Robert Papp is a poignant, very balanced story of a bugle boy who lived through the Battle of Gettysburg. Beautifully illustrated, we follow Gabe and his brothers plight through one of the most devastating battles of the Civil War. The story ...
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• Review: Hood (King Raven #1) by Stephen R. Lawhead

  
  Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Authority: 132
  233. Hood (King Raven #1) by Stephen R. Lawhead Publication : Thomas Nelson (June 5, 2007), Paperback, 472pp / ISBN 9781595540881 Genre : Historical Fiction, Fantasy Rating : Read : November 19, 2009 Source : Bought Review I got this a few months ago when BookCloseouts was having a big ...
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• What If?: Mirror Mirror

  
  Rough Notes :: By the Rambling Librarian (Singapore) — Authority: 115
  ISBN: 0785119027 Marvel characters in Alternate Histories. Hector Espejo, a teenager/ hacker/ computer whiz, taps onto an alternate Internet from an alternate dimension. Browses this alternate Internet and discovers the Marvel superheroes with very different histories. But the essential good-over-evil outcomes ...
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• Taking a step back in time in Gettysburg

  
  Life in the Past Lane — Authority: 112
  I intended to write this post much earlier today, but my dog found something really smelly to roll in this morning so I had to throw her in the tub for a bath - and then clean the entire bathroom. (Still cant get that smell out of my nose). Anyway, I had a great time at the book signing on Saturday at the Gettysburg ...
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• The Foundling by Georgette Heyer

  
  Bookfoolery and Babble — Authority: 129
  The Foundling by Georgette Heyer Copyright 2009 - Originally published in 1948 Sourcebooks - Fiction/Historical 439 pages Almost every time I read a book by Georgette Heyer, I find myself saying, "Ooooh, this is my new favorite!" and its happened, again. The Foundling tells the story of the ...
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• Ian Morson: City of the Dead

  
  Mervi's Book reviews — Authority: 120
  Part of my 1st in a series –challenge. This is the first, and so far the only, book in the historical mystery series centered on Niccolò Zuliani, a Venetian explorer and merchant. He had to flee Venice after some pretty severe accusations and ended up in Crimea where he tried to drink himself to oblivion. ...
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• Sharon Kay Penman: When Christ and His Saints Slept

  
  themacinator — Authority: 113
  Im not sure what keeps drawing me to these long, long and longer books, but I should have known, right? I mean just looking at the cover of "When Christ and His Saints Slept" should have told me this was a saga. And sagas are long: physically and in the way they twist and turn and confuse the reader. I dont know ...
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• Book Club Exchange: Author Alison Hart

  
  Booking Mama — Authority:
  Today Id like to welcome Alison Hart , author of HORSE DIARIES: BELLS STAR (my review ), to Book Club Exchange . Just to recap, Book Club Exchange is a new (and hopefully) regular feature on Booking Mama which highlights anything and everything book club-related! Ms. Hart has written many middle grade ...
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• Giveaway and Review - The Rose of York: Love and War (Book One) by Sandra Worth

  
  Laura's Reviews — Authority: 465
  History is always written by the victor. What if Richard III was not the hunch-backed, evil killer as depicted by his enemies the Tudors and the man who could not displease them, Shakespeare? What if he was just a man caught in a power struggle, that most of all wanted to marry his true love Anne and find justice for ...
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• Twisting the tale in cold blood

  
  This Itch of Writing — Authority: 403
  A lot of talking about writing ponders and circles around the mysteries of inspiration: the genie , the zone, the muse, the cloud of unknowing, the necessity for darkness or music, the fetishism about notebooks or mascots, the alcohol, the drugs, the digging in the garden, the long country walks, the endless ...
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• Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie Montana by Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss

  
  EnRoute to Life — Authority: 133
  My Review will follow sure to come back!!!! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book ...
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• Review: Montmorency by Eleanor Updale

  
  Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Authority: 132
  232. Montmorency by Eleanor Updale Publication : Orchard (April 1, 2004), Hardback, 240pp / ISBN 0439580358 Genre : Historical Fiction, Children’s/MG Rating : Read : November 18, 2009 Source : Library Review I was caught without a book one afternoon this week and so I quickly grabbed this book ...
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• Equator – Miguel Sousa Tavares

  
  Farm Lane Books Blog Farm Lane Books Blog — Authority: 128
  Translated from the Portuguese by Peter Bush I received a lovely email from Raquel, a Portuguese reader of my blog, enquiring as the whether I’d read any Portuguese fiction. Saramago and Bolano have both impressed me, but I haven’t read any other Portuguese books. Raquel said that Equator left her ...
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• Review: Horse Diaries: Bells Star

  
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  Summary: Vermont, 1850s Bell’s Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here is Star’s story . ...
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• Gift List Suggestions - #2 - Fantasy

  
  Book News and Reviews — Authority: 104
  Here is the next on my list of gift suggestions for the upcoming holidays. Fantasy For those friends and family members who would be more at home digging around in a dragon’s cave, these are my recommended reads: - Hogfather or any other books by Terry Pratchett I reviewed the Hogfather  in a previous ...
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• The Regency (Morland Dynasty #13)

  
  Shelf Love — Authority: 511
  I’m now over one-third of the way through Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’s 32-volume historical fiction series, The Morland Dynasty. In less than two years, I’ll be done. Each book covers a period in English history through the eyes of the Morland family, a wealthy, well-connected Yorkshire family. The characters are a ...
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• With apologies to Freud — make sure you know your cigars

  
  Writing Tips at GarySpeer.com — Authority: 120
  I’m sure you’ve heard that famous quote attributed to Sigmund Freud, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” I don’t know the context of the quote, in fact I’ve seen suggestions that it isn’t even a legitimate Freud quote.But as writers we really need to take it seriously, whether writing about cigars or ...
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• Elizabeth Gaskell: Mary Barton

  
  Becky's Book Reviews — Authority: 429
  Gaskell, Elizabeth. 1848. Mary Barton. Penguin English Library. 488 pages. There are some fields near Manchester, well known to the inhabitants as Green Heys Fields, through which runs a public footpath to a little village about two miles distant. In spite of these fields being flat and low, nay, in spite of the ...
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