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My favorite fictional genre. Always looking for some good suggestions in Historical Fiction
@Hank Kingsley A new one for you. Buy this one today if you like Wilbur Smith.
The Stone Flower by Alan Scholefield
Thank me later.
@Hank Kingsley A new one for you. Buy this one today if you like Wilbur Smith.
The Stone Flower by Alan Scholefield
Thank me later.
I'm not sure but man am I into this first one I'm reading! Can't put it down. If I didn't know better I'd say Wilbur wrote it.He seems to have quite a few books.
All African adventure??
I'm not sure but man am I into this first one I'm reading! Can't put it down. If I didn't know better I'd say Wilbur wrote it.
Call of the Raven and Storm Tide looks goodHistorical fiction?
Wilbur Smith.
I wouldn't read those if they were free. Only read the old stuff; nothing newer than 10 years ago. The new shit is written by ghost writers under his name and they're horrible.Call of the Raven and Storm Tide looks good
The subjects were what caught my eye. I am not usually interested in historical fiction unless it is US related. Although I do like the Victorian era reads based around Scotland Yard or Jack the RipperI wouldn't read those if they were free. Only read the old stuff; nothing newer than 10 years ago. The new shit is written by ghost writers under his name and they're horrible.
When the Lion Feeds is where you start.
Wilbur Smith probably isn't for you then.The subjects were what caught my eye. I am not usually interested in historical fiction unless it is US related. Although I do like the Victorian era reads based around Scotland Yard or Jack the Ripper
I have read a few of his. Mainly from the North & South seriesWilbur Smith probably isn't for you then.
Have you read the John Jakes books? If not, you might love them.
*ofAllan W. Eckert. Did a series of books about the Indian Wars. He uses newspaper articles, military papers and other papers in his stories.
I was turned onto him by my grandmother many years ago. One of his characters in "Twilight if Empire" is an ancestor of mine.