[LMB] TSK and genre romance

[B. Ross Ashley]

Elizabeth Holden <azurite at rogers.com>
wrote:
> Micki said:


> > I dunno about this whole argument; it sounds like trying to
> > convince someone that they really will like brussel sprouts
> > if only they will keep an open mind. 
>   

[snip]

> What I really want is the kind of historical adventure we used to get with Samuel
> Shellabarger, Baroness Orczy, Geoffrey Trease, C.S. Forester, Raphael Sabitini, 
> even Susan Howatch. And as far as I know they aren't being published at all now -
> except as fantasies.  Georgette Heyer fits in this grouping, too.

> I also like character-based fiction about historical protagonists, like the McCullough
> novels about Julius Caesar, or Gore Vidal's "Julian", or Anya Seton's "Katherine". 
> More of that, please.

> namaste,
> Elizabeth

> history-lover

Elizabeth, have you ever tried Cecelia Holland? Just my opinion, but her stuff is amazing; she writes rather like CJ Cherryh. Find a copy of THE EARL or UNTIL THE SUN FALLS or TWO RAVENS. And for a character study of a historical protagonist, ANTICHRIST is Frederick II.

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