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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Anyone like fabulously amoral historical fiction? Read Dorothy DunnettShe wrote two series of books. The first, the Lymond Chronicles, were my favourite by far.
I won't harp on about them (much), but I will say that as well as being a writer by trade now and having studied medieval history for far too long than was sensible, they are not only beautifully written but also impeccably researched. And she writes very convincing characters, both male and female, so there's no Jilly Cooper touches. Just glittering Machiavelli types.
You'll learn as well as being entertained. The story kicks off in Scotland but goes all over Europe. They're nourishing, dark, believable...all that jazz. Puts the Bernard Cornwells of this world to shame.
She died a few years back, but there's tons of stuff on the web about her. She's one of the few writers of the genre worth evangelising, I reckon.
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dysonology "You get an 'ology', you're a scientist!", Tue 10 Jan 2012, 20:44,
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