Challenge Wrap-up: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time to take a look at our -Z- entries for The Alphabet in Historical Fiction:

1. Heather (Z is for Zuana)

2. Cat (Z is for Zettel)

3. Sarah (Z is for Zana)

4. Teddy (Z is for Zora)

5. Carrie (Z is for Zimler)
 
 
We finally arrived at the end of this challenge which started 1 December 2009.

You can read all the wonderful entries we had these past 15 months:

- A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z -

 
Thank you to everyone who participated!

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new (and last!) letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter Y:

1. Teddy (Y is for Yellow Wall Paper)

2. Sarah (Y is for Yellowstone)

3. Carrie C. (Y is for Young)

4. Cat (Y is for Yeldham)

5. Heather (Y is for Ysabel)

And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce our last 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'll have until February 27th to complete your mission, and it is the letter Z (the challenge wrap-up will be published on February 28th) :

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter X:

1. Cat ( X is for EXeter)


2. Teddy (X is for Xingu)

3. Sarah (X is for Xenia)

4. Carrie C. (X is for Louis XI)

5. Heather (X is for Xavier)


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'll have until January 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on January 15th and it's the letter Y:

Historical Fiction Challenge 2011

After 3 years organizing the Historical Fiction Challenge, the girls of The Royal Reviews gracefully passed over this exciting event to our team at Historical Tapestry. We will do our best to continue doing a great job and create a wonderful place to share and discuss our favourite (and less favourite) historical fiction books for the next year.

Each month, a new post dedicated to the HF Challenge will be created. To participate, you only have to follow the rules:

• everyone can participate, even those who don't have a blog (you can add your book title and thoughts in the comment section if you wish)

•  add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to our monthly post (please, do not add your blog link, but the correct address that will guide us directly to your review)

• any kind of historical fiction is accepted (HF fantasy, HF young adult,...)

• you can overlap this challenge with others kind of challenges

• During these following 12 months you can choose one of the different reading levels:

1. Severe Bookaholism: 20 books
2. Undoubtedly Obsessed: 15 books
3. Struggling the Addiction: 10 books
4. Daring & Curious: 5 books
5. Out of My Comfort Zone: 2 books

The challenge will run from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011.

 

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Have fun everyone!

Historical Fiction reading challenges for 2011

Royal Mistress Challenge 2011

Miss Moppet is back with this challenge focussing on the the fascinating women who were mistresses to royalty through the ages, whether they be actual people from history, or fictional characters.

Chivalrous Deeds: a Historical Fiction Challenge

Hosted by Holly from Bippity Boppity Book


As a Knight or Lady Knight, visit as many courts as possible. For example, reading Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy would count as 1 visit/chivalrous deed achieved at the court of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Reading No Will But His by Sarah Hoyt would count as 1 visit/chivalrous deed achieved at the court of Catherine Howard and Henry VIII, etc...

War Through the Generations: US Civil War

YA Historical Fiction Reading Challenge hosted at Books Are a Girl's Best Friend

Are you looking for  an escape from the contemporary world?
Are you a big historical fiction fan who has never delved into the YA section of the genre?
Or maybe you have been meaning to try a new genre for a while....?
Or are you a YA historical fiction lover already?

 Georgette Heyer 2011 Reading Challenge hosted by All Things Historical Fiction

• The book must be by Georgette Heyer obviously and it must be HF. It can't be one of her mystery novels.
• You must read at least 3 books and they can't be one's that you've already read because that sort of defeats the purpose.
• This is a year long challenge so you have until January 1st of 2012 to finish your personal goal.

Full details here

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter W:

1. Heather (Epoch Tales) - W is for Winter

2. Cat (Tell Me a Story ) - W is for Wedding

3. Sarah (Reading the Past) - W is for Wishnia

4. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence) - W is for Winter

5. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - W is for Winston Churchill

6. Teddy (So Many Precious Books..)- W is for Wayne Johnston

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'll have until December 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on December 15th and it's the letter X:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter V:

1. Cat (Tell me a Story) - V is for Venice

2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - V is for Various Flavors of Coffee

3. Sarah (Reading the Past) - V is for Victoria Hislop

4. Carrie C.(Opalescent Essence) - V is for Vreeland

5. Heather (Epoch Tales) - V is for Voyageurs

6. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - V is for Vincent Van Gogh 

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'll have until November 30th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on December 1st and it is the letter W:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter U:

1. Sarah (Reading the Past) - U is for Uruguay
2. Carrie C.(Opalescent Essence) - Land of Marvels, by Barry Unsworth
3. Cat (U is for Unholy Fire) - Unholy Fire by Robert Mzarek
4. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - U is for Under a Blood Red Sky
5. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)- U is for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

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'll have until November 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on November 15th and it is the letter V:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter T:

1. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence) - The Turquoise Ring by Grace Tiffany

2. Sarah Johnson (Reading the Past) - A Bloodline of Kings by Thomas Sendell

3. Cat (Tell me a story) - Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
4.Teddy (T is for The)-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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'll have until October 30th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on November 1st and it is the letter U:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter S:


1. Teddy (So Many Precious Books, So Little Time) - S is for Mount Shiranui Shrine
2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - S is for Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
3. Robin (The Lady Gwyn's Kingdom) - S is for The Sunne in Splendour
4. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence) - S is for Shan (and Sa)
5. Cat (Tell Me a Story) - S is for Sophy
6. Heather (Epoch Tales) - S if for Fred Stenson
7. Sarah (Reading the Past) - S is for Sedley

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'll have until October 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on October 15th and it is the letter T:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter R:


1. Ana T (Aneca's World) - R is for Ring
2. Heather (Epoch Tales) - R is for Riel
3. Teddy (So Many Precious Books, So Little Time) - R is for Roger Bigod
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
5. Carrie C. (Opalescent Essence ) - Gardener to the King by Frederic Richaud
6. Cat (Tell Me a Story) - R is for Remarkable
7. Alex (Le Canapé) - Le Roi de Fer by Maurice Druon


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'll have until September 30th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on October 1st and it is the letter S:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter Q:

1. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)- The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin
2. Ana (Aneca's World) - Q is for Queen
3. Wisteria (Bookworm's Dinner) - The Young Bess, The Girl Who Would Be Queen by Margaret Irwin
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Q is for Quito
5. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Q is for Queenmaker
6. Marg (Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - Q is for Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
7. Marshallslion - Q is for Queen Philippa
8. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - Q is for Quashee

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'll have until September 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on September 15th and it is the letter R:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter P:

1. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - P is for The Postmistress
2. Marshallslion - P is for Sir Robert Peel
3. Ana (Aneca's World) - P is for Perry
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - P is for Performers
5. Cat (Tell me a Story) - P is for Peony
6. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - P is for Poppies
7. Marg (Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - P is for Pendragon's Banner trilogy 
8. Teddy (So Many Precious Books)- P is for Paul Michel 
9. Wisteria (Bookworm's Dinner) -  P is for Pride and Prejudice retelling

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'll have until August 31th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on September 1st and it is the letter Q:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter O:

1. Cat (Tell me a Story) - O is for O'Connor
2.  Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - The Oak Apple
3. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - O is for Olmstead
4. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - O is for Ontario
5. Sarah (Reading the Past) - O is for Outer Banks
6. Ana (Aneca's World) - The Oak Apple
7. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - O is for Patrick O'Brian
8. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - O is for Osborne

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'll have until August 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on August 15th and it is the letter P:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter N:

1. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - N is for Newfoundland
2. Cat (Tell me a Story) - New York by Edward Rutherford
3.  Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - N is for New York
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - N is for Némirovski
5. Ana (Aneca's World) - N is for Napoleon
6. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - N is for Norman
7. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - N is for Némirovski
8. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - N is for New York City


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'll have until July 31th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on August 1st and it is the letter O:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter M:

1. Sarah (Reading the Past) - M. is for Morgan

2. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - Emma series by Kaoro Mori
3. Cat (Tell me a Story) - Roses by Leila Meacham
4. Steph at Laughing Stars - Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell

5. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
6.  Ms Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine - M is for Mistress of The Sun
7.  Heather (Epoch Tales) - M is for Masters of Rome
8. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - Martha Peake by Patrick McGrath

9. Robin @ Lady Gwynn's Kingdom - M is for Mary Howard

10. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - M is for Maggie Fox
11. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - M is for McNees

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'll have until July 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on July 15th and it is the letter N:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter L:

1. Ana T (Aneca's World)  - L is for London

2. Sarah (Reading the Past) - L is for Lavinia

3. Robin @ Lady Gwynn's Kingdom - London by Edward Rutherford

4. Steph at Laughing Stars - L is for Lucy Patch

5. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - L is for Lisa See

6. Cat (Tell me a Story) - L is for Lepida Pollia
7. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - L is for Line

8. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - L is for Lee

9. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - L is for Lady

10. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - L is for Legree

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.

Since we are hosting a spacial event during the month of June this time you'll have until June 29th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on June 30th and it is the letter M:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter K:


1. Sarah (Reading the Past) - Diana Norman - King of Last Days
2. Cat (Tell me a Story) - The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
3. Ana T (Aneca's World) - K is for Dido Kent
4. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - K is for King Charles II
5. Miss Moppet - The King's Mistress by Emma Campion
6. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - K is for Knights
7. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - K is for Kingdom of Summer
8. Steph at Laughing Stars - K is for Kabul
9. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - The Secret River by Kate Grenville
10. Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - The Known World by Edward Jones

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 May 29th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on May 30th and it is the letter L:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter J :


1. Ana T (Aneca's World) - Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
2. Sarah (Reading the Past) - J is for Janice
3. Cat (Tell me a Story) - The House of a Thousand Lanterns by Victoria Holt
4. Naida (The Bookworm) - J is for Jane Boleyn
5. Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - J is for Jordan Groves
6. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - J is for James, Syrie
7. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
8. Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine) - Louis The Well Beloved by Jean Plaidy
9. Robin (The Lady Gwyn's Kingdom) - The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
10. Stephanie (Stark Raving Bibliophile ) - J is for Jennifer Donnelly
11. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - J is for Joan, John of Gaunt and Junior Kings
12. Alex (Le Canapé) - Joanna by Roberta Gellis
13. Heather (Epoch Tales - J is for Maureen Jennings

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 May 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on May 15th and it is the letter K:

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction

It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter I:


1. Marg (The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader) - The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
2. Cat (Tell me a Story) - The Italian Woman by Jean Plaidy
3. Ana T (Aneca's World) - I Serve by Rosanne E. Lortz
4. Sarah (Reading the Past) - I is for India
5. Stephanie (Stark Raving Bibliophile) - I is for Italy
6. Heather (Epoch Tales) - I is for Isobel Gunn
7. Teddy (So Many Precious Books) - 1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
8. Carrie C. - Inez of My Soul by Isabell Allende
9. Rowenna - The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
10. Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine) - Indiscretions of The Queen by Jean Plaidy
11. Leya (Wandeca Reads) - Strongbow by Morgan Llywellyn

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 April 14th to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on May 1st and it is the letter J: