Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction! But before, let's see our entries for the letter A:


1. Stephanie aka Laughing Stars - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

2. Marg (Reading Adventures) - The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani

3. Whitney {too fond of books} - Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

4. Robin - The Reluctant Queen by Jean Plaidy

5. Teddy - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

6. Daphne (Tanzanite) - Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy

7. Miss Moppet - Angélique (the heroine from the series by Serge Golon)

8. Rowenna - Atonement by Ian MacEwan

9. The Burton Review - Twilight of Avalon by Anna Elliott

10. Sarah (Reading the Past) - The Alchemist's Daughter by Eileen Kernaghan

11. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

12. Carrie C. - The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery

13. Ana (Aneca's World) - Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram

14. Heather - Any Known Blood by Lawrence Hill

15. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin

16. bookworm - The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
17. Alex (Le Canapé) - The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory


And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.


You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until the end of each fortnight to complete your mission.

And the next fortnight will be dedicated to the letter B:









16 comments:

  1. The book I read for the letter "A" was "A Sudden, Fearful Death" by Anne Perry. Another awesome mystery in the William Monk series. Again, the author provided many twists/turns in the death of a much loved nurse with the help of his "friend" Hester Latterly. Now, on to the next letter in the challenge!

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  2. Sorry, my comments were not meant to be only at my email address. Again, I am posting my comments on the first book in the challenge....
    The book I read for the letter "A" was "A Sudden, Fearful Death" by Anne Perry. Another awesome mystery in the William Monk series. Again, the author provided many twists/turns in the death of a much loved nurse with the help of his "friend" Hester Latterly. Now, on to the next letter in the challenge!

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  3. Ana is nagging me about reading Anne Perry! Sounds like you would agree with her!

    Thanks for participating Delores.

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  4. I didn't want to miss this one!! Can I still join and list my Austen read for the letter A? Let me know (or, if you want, email me if ok: lucy_bertoldi@hotmail.com)
    Thanks:)

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  5. Lucy, that's fine! Just leave a link in the comments for the A post.

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  6. I chose Black Robe for Letter B. A fantastic book about early Jesuit history in French Canada.

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  7. I chose The Other Boleyn Girl for my letter B. It's a novel that seems to have been on my tbr forever!

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  8. My pick for "B" is Kate Brallier's The Boundless Deep, which fits the letter in two different ways! A wonderful time-slip novel set now and in 19th-century Nantucket.

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  9. I used Karen Harper's "The Last Boleyn" as my choice for this letter.

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  10. My B is Barbara Ewing's The Fraud........18th century London and the art world.

    Wasn't my first choice but the other one turned out to be B for Bad!

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  11. My B is Jean Plaidy's Madame du Barry, which is also the first book in my Royal Mistress Challenge. Madame du Barry was Louis XV's last mistress. I had so much to say about her I had to split it into two posts - will post another comment with the link to the second one.

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  12. A quasi-holiday read by Louis Bayerd added for B. Happy reading everyone!

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  13. It's fascinating and exciting to read of all the other good books people are reviewing. My B: Alan Brennert's Honolulu.

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  14. I used "Bosworth Field" in a book about Richard III.

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  15. Part two of my Madame du Barry post is here.

    http://misadventuresofmoppet.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/royal-mistress-challenge-jean-plaidy-madame-du-barry-part-two/

    Warning - spoilers for Madame du Barry by Jean Plaidy.

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  16. If you want a good B historical fiction book try Bedlam South. Its very sharply drawn world managed to keep me reading for 7 hours straight.

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