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Topic: April: Available Books
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Just saw this posted: Destiny of Fire |
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Does anyone need Into Temptation by Penny Vincenzi? I have a damaged copy to give away. Actually, It's not really damaged, just too worn to post. My copy is a mass-market PB. PM if you need it. |
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Thanks for the "heads up" Valli. I just ordered Destiny of Fire. I am finishing an Alys Clare Hawkenlye medevial mystery involving the Cathars and am interested in learning more about them. |
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Court of Shadows: a Novel of Elizabethan England by Cynthia Morgan ( trade Paperback) Last Edited on: 4/8/08 12:44 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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oops wrong thread Last Edited on: 4/3/08 1:52 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Ordered....thank you! Last Edited on: 4/5/08 2:44 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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I have a paperback copy of Catherine Called Birdy if anyone would like it---it's the diary of a spirited young lady of 14, set in the Year 1290. Birdy resists being married off by her father to a rich man, whom Birdy finds old, ugly and revolting. The book is meant for ages 12 and up. |
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Birdy is set in a village in Lincolnshire, England. |
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I would highly recommend "Catherine Called Birdy". It's utterly hilarious! Makes you realize just how difficult life in the Middle Ages really was. |
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I just posted a HC copy of Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail by Joan Druett, ISBN 0684839687. This book gives stories of real women who sailed with their captain husbands. These women suffered hurricanes and gales, childbirth, and loneliness from being the only woman aboard ship, and this all happened back in the Victorian era when women had to be oh-so-proper! Can you imagine giving birth while on a wooden boat without a doctor or even another woman there?!! They even raised their children for years at a time while on the ship. I can't even imagine it! |
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I just love your taste in books, Valli. I scooped up this one too! I am intrigued by the fact that so many women and children accompanied their husbands on those long voyages. First heard about them when I visited the New Bedford, MA whaling museum. There was a display as well as short film. I also read a novel awhile back about one such woman. I think it was entitled The Captain's Wife? |
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I just pm'ed you Pamela. I love books about the sea and I'm incredibly jealous of your visit to the New Bedford Whaler's Museum! You should read Joan Druett's book, Petticoat Whalers. It's very good. I think the women on the whalers had a much worse time than the ones on the merchant ships. Can you imagine the stench on a whaler? I don't know how these women did it. And they did it with a good nature and aplomb too! |
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Valli, I put both books that you recommended on my reminder list (wishlist is full... : () They both sound like great books! |
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Mrs. Jordan's Profession : The Actress and the Prince From my shelf -- had nobody on WL. About British comic actress Dora Jordan, mistress of Prince William the Duke of Clarence, third son of George III. She bore him 10 children. He then abandoned her for a more "acceptable" wife to the royal family. Eventually he became King William IV. You can read mroe about her here: http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=205 |
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There is a freebie copy of Elizabeth Chadwick's The Champion in this forum post! It is free with an order! Someone better grab that fast! |
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Thanks Jennifer! I grabbed The Champion! |
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I glad you got it Valli:) |
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Ah, Valli, I see you were in the right place at the right time again! Not that I blame you. Just jealous! ;-) Genie |
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Gone already! There is a copy of An Army of Angels by Pamela Marcantel available http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780312180423-An+Army+of+Angels+A+Novel+of+Joan+of+Arc Last Edited on: 4/9/08 8:44 AM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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I just posted Taken! Thanks! Last Edited on: 4/10/08 11:38 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Somebody posted a LOT of Plaidy's today. Most have been taken, but there are still four or five available. I saw Queen in Waiting, plus a couple more.
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I saw that too, Valli-- One got posted to my wish list :) |
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A copy of Anya Seton's Avalon is available:
http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/99199-Avalon |
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As per the Plaidy's for those in quest of the Norman Trilogy, the 3rd in the series is still available http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780330252423-The+Passionate+Enemies The Queen's Confession is a great one too - About Marie Antoinette http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780449232132-The+Queens+Confession |
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Lisa, I'm glad you got a Plaidy! Now, I'm going to go pout for a while because none of my wishlisted Plaidy's were posted. ;-) Has anyone read this book? Victorine :: There are a couple copies available, but I was wondering if anyone had read it and was it any good? It sounds like it would be a good one.
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