A History of Royals discussion

I went on a spree recently and bought -
The Tudor Chronicles 1485-1603
The First Queen of England The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
The Lady Elizabeth A Novel
Marie Antoinette The Journey
Wolf Hall

I am about to go on a mini-spree as my in-laws just sent me a Borders $50 gift card! :)

Kate - I have three of those books waiting to be read.

Colleen - congrats. Have fun.

OO! Cool Kate! The First Queen of England is interesting and The Lady Elizabeth is pretty good! Alison Weir took some liberties with it (although nothing like Phillipa Gregory), but its pretty good.

Thanks Lyn! I am thinking to replace two Amy Tan books and to finally get "Monster of Venice" I am hoping if I plan shrewdly I can stretch $50 to buy me 5 books, I am kind of holding back and waiting for a borders coupon to appear in my e-mail box.

I'm reading The Lady Elizabeth right now. It's very good.
I won't be going on any sprees for awhile. I have to exhaust the stock at the library first.

Just received Annette Carson's Richard the Third The Maligned King in the mail at the weekend. I've been looking forward to this one... tho I may not get around to reading it for a while. I have a few books backed up at the library.

Oooh! Have fun spending that gift card, Colleen!

Great finds Kate and love the post too :)

Colleen - that's awesome. I wish someone would give me a gift card for books!

Darkpool, thanks for sharing. I've added that book to my list :)

I haven't really gone on a spree lately either. The last book I got was London The Biography by Peter Ackroyd. Not royalty specific but of course, you can't do a bio on London without them :)

I have been on a used book buying jag lately and have bought:

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Wolf Hall A Novel by Hilary Mantel
Mary, Called Magdalene andThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Lady Jane Grey A Tudor Mystery by E.W. Ives
A Brief History of the Tudor Age by Jasper Ridley
The Ivy Crown by Mary M. Luke
and
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Queen Liliuokalani
Oh ya, I almost forgot

The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B and
Tales of Passion Tales of Woe both by Sandra Gulland

Lyn wrote: "I have been on a used book buying jag lately and have bought:

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Wolf Hall A Novel by [author:Hilary Mantel|5..."

These are fantastic finds !!!! Keep buying i say :)

Actually, a couple were full price, but I just love finding these at used booksites.

Lyn wrote: "I have been on a used book buying jag lately and have bought:

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Wolf Hall A Novel by [author:Hilary Mantel|5..."

Nice scores!

Ok , where i live there are NO decent bookstores except for a tiny department store. Last night i was shocked to see The White Queen A Novel so i had to buy it even though its hard back which i dont like.
My excuse ... I need it for the NOV/DEC European Royalty group read... LOL

Haha Kate. Isn't it great when you can say "but this one I actually need!"?

I recently got:

The Sunne in Splendour
The Princes of Ireland
Helen of Troy
BRITAIN FROM THE AIR <--great coffee table book of the castles and such.

Great books Trisha. I really want to get The Sunne in Spledor. It looks really good.

Awesome finds Tisha! I have been collecting Edward Rutherfurd's books and the last one I need to find is the Rebels of Ireland (the 2nd book in his Dublin saga). I'm excited to read them :)

I recently bought The Greatest Knight, few of Plaidy's reprints by Arrow Pub., Helen of Troy, and Royal Scandals

Jennifer wrote: "Awesome finds Tisha! I have been collecting Edward Rutherfurd's books and the last one I need to find is the Rebels of Ireland (the 2nd book in his Dublin saga). I'm excited to read them :)

"

I recently got 2 Edward Rutherfurd books. I had heard his books were good. I have The Forest and The Princes of Ireland. They really look good.

Other Recent purchases would be
Fatal Majesty Reay Tannahill
The Stone of Light Nefer the Silent Christian Jacq
The Stone of Light The Wise Woman Christian Jacq
Gods and Kings Lynn Austin
Cleopatra Michael Grant
To Shield the Queen Fiona Buckley
The Siren Queen Fiona Buckley
Duchess of Aquitaine Margaret Ball

Wen wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Awesome finds Tisha! I have been collecting Edward Rutherfurd's books and the last one I need to find is the Rebels of Ireland (the 2nd book in his Dublin saga). I'm excited to rea..."

Tell us what you think of The Stone of Light series. I've looked at them several times but have yet to buy one.

I bought Child of The Sea by Elizabeth Goudge. OOP about Lucy Walters who was the alleged wife of Charles II and mother of the Duke of Monmouth. Big fat book. Yay!

Sounds like a good choice, there's nothing better than having a fat book waiting to be enjoyed.

I agree. I have several fat books waiting to be enjoyed.

I'm getting ready to begin the buddy read, The Memoirs of Cleopatra. Huge book! I'm excited to start.

Susan C wrote: "Sounds like a good choice, there's nothing better than having a fat book waiting to be enjoyed. "

Giggle that is a great way to look at it. Since I have a book collecting/hording/buying sorta 'illness' I tend to always have at least several very large books waiting to be read.

Wen wrote: "Susan C wrote: "Sounds like a good choice, there's nothing better than having a fat book waiting to be enjoyed. "

Giggle that is a great way to look at it. Since I have a book collecting/hordin..."

Wen, I hope you've found the OCD thread!

Last weekend I bought Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold Packard. It was a recommendation from Jennifer (thanks Jennifer!). Right now, I know a little bit about her youngest daughter, Beatrice, since I read a biography on her so I'm glad I'll have a chance to learn about her other daughters as well.

Just thought I would share what I got with my birthday gift card:

The Kings Confidante by Jean Plaidy
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Monster of Florence Douglas Preston
The Queens Sorrow by Suzannah Dunn

I have The Monster of Florence on my WTBR shelves. It reminds me of The Garden of Good and Evil. Ihope it's entertaining and educational.

I also like Preston's series, with Lincoln Child, about Agent Pendergast. Smart suspence novels.

Colleen wrote: "Just thought I would share what I got with my birthday gift card:

The Kings Confidante by Jean Plaidy
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Monster of Florence Douglas Preston ..."

Only one of those I have/read is the Queens Sorrow by Suzannah Dunn. Her books were just OK to me. For some reason they tend to leave me wanting more. This one while is Supposed to be about the Queen really does not have her in it much at all.

I just purchased more books. Yes big surprise there. Half. com is a wonderful place. That and I happened to stop in the book store yesterday too.

Newest ones (some still waiting to arrive)

Eve A Novel of the First Woman
How Do I Love Thee?
Pemberley Or Pride and Prejudice Continued
Rashi's Daughters Joheved
The Secret Magdalene A Novel
The Queen's Lady
Wisdom's Daughter A Novel of Solomon and Sheba
Lucifer's Flood

Wen wrote: "I just purchased more books. Yes big surprise there. Half. com is a wonderful place. That and I happened to stop in the book store yesterday too.

Newest ones (some still waiting to arrive)

The Queen's Lady "

Wen that's so funny that you just got the Queen's Lady. I also got one by Barbara Kyle just today - The Kings Daughter :)

The other two I bought were
The Unruly Queen The Life of Queen Caroline by Flora Fraser
Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain by Margaret Irwin

Good finds Colleen & Wen! And Lennie, I hope that book is good!

Jennifer wrote: "Wen wrote: "I just purchased more books. Yes big surprise there. Half. com is a wonderful place. That and I happened to stop in the book store yesterday too.

Newest ones (some still waiting to ..."

The Kings Daugher is Kyles Second book. It was good. More about the fictional characters than the royalty there in but a good book. The one I just ordered is supposed to be about the mother of the main girl in the Kings Daughter.

Wen wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Wen wrote: "I just purchased more books. Yes big surprise there. Half. com is a wonderful place. That and I happened to stop in the book store yesterday too.

Newest ones (some ..."

Should be alright to read the second one first?

Jennifer wrote: "Wen wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Wen wrote: "I just purchased more books. Yes big surprise there. Half. com is a wonderful place. That and I happened to stop in the book store yesterday too.

Newest..."

You got me...lol I read Kings Daughter already and am just now getting The Queens Lady to read. I dont think there was lots of back work for the 1st book. I was not lost or anything.

Wen - Let me know how you like Eve A Novel of the First Woman. I have been wondering about it.

Susan C wrote: "I have The Monster of Florence on my WTBR shelves. It reminds me of The Garden of Good and Evil. Ihope it's entertaining and educational.

I also like Preston's series, with Lincoln Child, about..."

Whoooo I loved TGoGaE! Now I really want to read MoF!

Lyn wrote: "Wen - Let me know how you like Eve A Novel of the First Woman. I have been wondering about it. "


I will let you know. I have not gotten it in the mail yet but it looked good from the description. There is another book that is a biblical fiction about Eve I am still looking for at a good price.
The one above said it is the retelling of Eves story and about her and Adam.
The other book is called Havah by Tosca Lee and the description of it says it is about Eve and Adam as well as Lilith.
I will have to get that book as well. I think the contrast in the 2 books should be interesting.

I just received The Secret Lion by Chadwick. It looks good!

Wen wrote: "You got me...lol I read Kings Daughter already and am just now getting The Queens Lady to read. I dont think there was lots of back work for the 1st book. I was not lost or anything.
"

I'll be interested to see what you think of them. She has a third book in the series called The Queen's Captive that will be released in August. It's set during the time that Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower of London.

I stupidly bought the European and US verson of Weir's book on Elizabeth I. I put it on paperbackswap if anyone's interested.

I was wondering if anyone would agree that it would be nice to start our own library of what we own. Of course there would be no checkouts:) but it would be a great resource for books about the various topics we all enjoy. It would be its' own thread and you would update your list as you buy new books. We would try not to have books repeated on lists. Please express your opinion honestly, I have thick skin. This was just an idea that struck me this morning.

Here's an example:
The Plantagenet Prelude - Plaidy - Eleanor of Aquitaine and the King of France - F

The War of the Roses - Weir - NF

Nefertiti - Moran - F

Susan C wrote: "I was wondering if anyone would agree that it would be nice to start our own library of what we own. Of course there would be no checkouts:) but it would be a great resource for books about the var..."

That would be a good way to keep track of them. Not sure how hard it would be to get going.
In this group in the bookshelf area we could set it up more by locations/area and and divide by HF and NF. It would grow fast and would be easy to go in to the bookshelf area to find new ones to add to your own to find/to read lists once it had a chance to grow.

Yes, this sounds ideal for the Bookshelf at this group.

I think thats a great idea too Susan

Wen wrote: "Susan C wrote: "I was wondering if anyone would agree that it would be nice to start our own library of what we own. Of course there would be no checkouts:) but it would be a great resource for boo..."

I don't know how to use the bookshelf. I'm glad so many of you are interested! I just don't have the GR knowledge on how to get it started

I think it would be nice to be organized by F & NK with each person doing their best to organize their books according to country or time period.

So Wen if you could help me get started by showing me how to set up a bookshelf, I will be the first to list their books.

Susan C wrote: "Wen wrote: "Susan C wrote: "I was wondering if anyone would agree that it would be nice to start our own library of what we own. Of course there would be no checkouts:) but it would be a great reso..."

Only thing I really know about the bookshelf is how to add a book. I think the mods will have to set the folders up and all if I am not mistaken??? Jennifer, Colleen, Lyn...is that right?

I think so Wen... I just had a quick look and we should be able to add shelves. I'm guessing once we add them everyone will be able to add books to them? I've never done it before so I don't know for sure... Maybe you all could let us know what shelves you want?

Great idea Susan!

Thanks! We could even give the book a rating 1-5 so people know what we thought. Put a 0 if you haven't read it yet.

I would have a shelf for each royal category we have, like: egypt, russia, france and english.

You could maybe list like this:

Under France
To The Scaffold Erickson NF 4 Susan C

Now remember, I have no idea how the bookshelves work. What's even possible, but that is what I see in my head.

Okay, I went into the bookshelf area and tried organizing the books by type. Some shelves haven't been set up yet (German for one) as I think we have to have a book there in order to set up a new shelf for it if that makes sense. Now that I've set up the shelves are others able to add books and pick which shelf to add the book to?

I don't know if this is what you meant Susan. Were you looking to do it in the bookshelf area or actually start a new thread with each of us listing the books we own? Either way, we can do it.