ok soo seing as i dont read tht many books other then historical books i thought id make a post on tht lol
ok soo my most favourite histi authour atm is carolyn meyers
her books are super easy to read lol and there all about differenrt queens and princess
soo far ive read most of her books in the young royals set there intended for kids but there soo good lol
theres 1s on the following people
anne boleyn
mary tudor
elizabeth
katherine of aragon
ive also read some of her other books
loving will shakespeare
anastasia
where the broken heart still beats
if ur into historial books try and read these there realli easy and ull b hoocked lol i am
Well Pink Punk - not 'all' history's princesses and such were lovely and there is one very infamous one, the Countess Elizabeth Báthory - very evil. I believe there is a new movie about her coming out soon. She beats Cleopatra for her hunt for beauty! She was finally overthrown - thank goodness!
I'm in Ancient History person but I do like some of the books on the Tudor Queens that have been out recently. Phillipa Gregory's stuff can be good but I do find her books to be a bit hit-and-miss, some I really get in to and others I never finish because they just don't drag me in.
I read The Other Boleyn Girl just before christmas and loved it. There was a exert from another one of her books at the back that I tried to read and couldn't get into though. Which others have you liked MentalScarcasm?
I have yet to read The Other Boleyn Girl *Shakes fist at Mum's hap-hazard approach to keeping series' together* I like The Constant Princess as it's about Katherine of Aragon, who I've always been interested in, and The Boleyn Inheritance was pretty good too. Oh, and A Respectable Trade is good, it's about the slave trade in the 17th (?) century so a bit further on from the Tudors, but still good.
Two historical novels I have enjoyed recently are Painting Mona Lisa and The Borgia Bride, both by Jeanne Kalogridis. Quite long and detailed (hopefully acurately!) but they are easy to read.
Yes! I can't wait for the film, mostly because I love Eric Bana who's playing Henry! And Natalie Portman (Anne) is one of my favourite actresses as well, so it's all good.
lol i was just going to say tht lol cant wait too see it, we watched the trailer and got soo into it was dissapointed when it ended lol, its a true to the book kinda film so any1 who loved the book will love the flm lol i think phillipa gregory actually helped write the script for it but im not sure lol.
has any 1 tried reading the books by carolyn meyer im a big fan of her books and have quite a collection now lol check them out on amazon you can sometimes read the look inside 1s.....
try the young royals series theres a realli good 1 on catherine of aragon before she became queen.
also if ur into the tudors theres a nice book about anne boleyn by sussanah dunn called the queen of subtelties i loved it lol .... have fun reading lol
As regards to historical books one of my fave authors is Georgette Heyer, they were written a while ago but she put so much research into them, they can be deadly serious or laugh out loud, i really loved all of them.
I like books on Scottish history, so Mary Queen of Scots, for example, is present here a number of times. I used to work for one of the historic sites in Edinburgh for a while and built up a nice wee collection of historic books back then.
try the lady grace mysteries there realli good as well lol i have read 3 this week and now am on my 4th one i think they are ment for kids but they are easy reading and something different
also try the books by mary hooper they are also very good but they are not a mystery they both write about the elizabethian era
This has nothing to do with the actual post,but everytime I skim down the forum -I keep seeing hysterical reading books and its cracking me up!!
I have visions of hardback books flapping and cackling like loons! oh I am sad!
