Historical fiction suggestion - AND author chat

Chris OConnor

Beneath a Marble Sky

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The author of this book has contacted me and offered to do a live chat session with BookTalk members. Yes, it's a fiction book, but it is historical fiction, AND it has received excellent reviews. Anyone interested?

Chris

Chris OConnor

Here is a pdf file of Chapter 1

pctacitus

Several names come to mind, then I crossed off several who are deceased or out of print. I'm left with:

Michael Curtis Ford. Ford is a banker who has since become a full time writer. He started his fiction career with a novel on Xenophon's Anabasis, and continue with a book on Julian the Apostate, followed by a work on Mithradates and has a forthcoming novel on Attilla.

www.amazon.com/exec/obido...03-2695204

Jeffrey Shaara. His most recent book "To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War" comes as his 6th book, 2 Civil War, 1 Mexican War, and two Revolutionary War novels. His father wrote the book that became the movie Gettysburg.

www.amazon.com/exec/obido...Y%20SHAARA

William Martin. I encountered him through the book Annapolis, but he has written several other historical novels including Citizen Washington, Back Bay and Harvard Yard.

www.amazon.com/exec/obido...8&v=glance

…[T]o ignore the classics is ultimately to weaken the very foundations of our society. - James Atlas, Book Wars: What it Takes to be Educated in America

Chris OConnor

PC

You must have thought I was asking for historical fiction suggestions. I was actually sharing the name of a historical fiction book, and seeing if anyone would be interested in a live chat with the author.

We will soon have a database of fiction books too, so save those fiction suggestions. I'm sure the entire community will appreciate them.

I just read the first 6 pages of Chapter One and I'm hooked. That's why I'm posting again tonight. Read the above linked PDF file folks. This book is going to be fascinating.

Chris

pctacitus

My mistake.

…[T]o ignore the classics is ultimately to weaken the very foundations of our society. - James Atlas, Book Wars: What it Takes to be Educated in America

WildCityWoman · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: Toronto Historical Fiction . . .

Toronto is doing a read - it's the first time we've had a book for the whole year - it's Michael Redhill's 'Consolation'.

The story is actually 2 stories that twine together, that connects present day Toronto with the turn of the century.

I like the book and am on my way through it for the second time.

If you're from Toronto and are reading the book, drop into the High Park Library on Wed., Feb 13th - 6:30 - we're discussing it there.

Also, look up 'Book Buzz' - that's Toronto Library's online book club - Consolation is on the monthly discussion.

There's also an interview with the author there.

Ophelia · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the information Carly, I'm going to read this book (I don't know when though-- I find, like Jan, that since I arrived at BT my lists of "books I'm reading" keeps getting longer--).

I'm a fan of historical fiction, but it's difficult to find quality books in this genre, and that's though I look for them in two languages.
I've read all of Michener's books but I have never read historical fiction about Canada; come to think of it, I've read next to nothing about Canada. Embarassed


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