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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Favorite Historical Novelists

Here is a list of my top ten favorite historical novelists, as requested by a reader:

1) R.H. Benson
2)Mother Magdalen Taylor
3)Baroness Orczy
4) Anya Seton
5) Norah Lofts
6)Jean Plaidy
7)Thomas B. Costain
8)Daphne DuMaurier
9) Ford Madox Ford
10) Sir Walter Scott
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 1, 2007 at 9:34:00 PM EDT

    I absolutely love Eleanor Hibbert (aka Jean Plaidy)! It's wonderful to see some of her novels back in print again!

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  2. DymphnaMay 1, 2007 at 9:34:00 PM EDT

    Jean Plaidy was my childhood favorite. I devoured her Plantagenant series and then the Catherine of Aragon Trilogy and the Queen Victoria books. After Jean Plaidy, I really loved Norah Lofts.

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  3. SuzanneGMay 2, 2007 at 12:39:00 AM EDT

    Thanks, Elena! I have my summer reading list all ready!

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  4. Michelle ThereseMay 2, 2007 at 5:38:00 AM EDT

    WHAT?? No Jane Austin?? I'm mellllting...melllllting...

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  5. elena maria vidalMay 2, 2007 at 9:09:00 AM EDT

    Ha, ha. Jane is in a class by herself. I would NEVER lump her in with other writers. And what Jane wrote, although it is historical to us, was contemporary to her, so I don't know if she would be considered a historical novelist. She is definitely one of my favorite authors, though!!

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