Sunday, May 27, 2012

The Guardian Picks the 10 Best Historical Novels, but What is a Historical Novel

The Guardian has posted a list of The 10 Best Historical Novels. You can check out the list here. The comments are a lot of fun, too. I browsed through some of them before making up this post.

What are your thoughts on the list?



I originally heard about this on Books on the Nightstand where they discuss that age old question: What makes a novel historical. You can listen to the podcast here.

What do you think makes a novel historical?
Posted by at 12:01 AM

5 comments:

  1. MysticaMay 27, 2012 at 5:17 AM

    Couple of books I would like to get my hands on. Thank you for the link.

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  2. PaulineMay 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    Hmmm. 1 out of 10. I wonder what the Cleo or Woman's Day equivalent would brand me. A wanna be literary?

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  3. AnonymousMay 27, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    Interesting list. My list would be very different.
    (never finished WOlf Hall)

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  4. ediFanoBMay 27, 2012 at 10:41 PM

    I read none of these books and know only two by author and title.

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  5. AnonymousMay 28, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    Tolstoy definately belongs on the list. Most of the others I haven't read. . . Yet. I respect the Guardian enough to want to read them.

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