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bookwormbeagle · 27/10/2014 20:45

Hi, I've been tasked with trying to find a birthday present for DSil. She likes historical type books and has read lots by Philippa Gregory, however BIL is not sure which she's read or not (helpful!).

So can anybody recommend a good book in the same sort of genre to get me out of a pickle. TIA Smile

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Queenofknickers · 27/10/2014 20:46

Alison Weir is a similar author

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Mumpire5 · 27/10/2014 20:46

kate mosse?

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Valsoldknickers · 27/10/2014 21:24

Antonia Fraser
Jean Plaidy

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bookwormbeagle · 27/10/2014 21:32

Great thanks all, will check on amazon tmw.

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footballsgalore · 27/10/2014 21:34

Sharon Penman is really good.

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Achangeisadgoodasarest · 27/10/2014 21:36

War of the roses by conn iggulden is a good one too

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DudleyDoRight · 27/10/2014 21:38

Elizabeth Chadwick

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Hedgehogging · 27/10/2014 21:39

Second vote for Sharon Penman. "Here Be Dragons" is my favourite.

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Pasithea · 28/10/2014 00:39

Just reading Katherine by Anya Set on . I loved the phillipa books but to me this is solo much better.

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yazz21 · 28/10/2014 00:54

C.W Gortner has written a couple that are similar to Philippa Gregory's in the way their written. But are about Spainish royalty, which I personally really enjoyed :)

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DuchessofMalfi · 28/10/2014 07:48

I read and enjoyed Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle earlier this year. It's about the life of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife (the one who survived him).

Or you might like Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel?

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bookwormbeagle · 28/10/2014 08:17

Some great ideas here. (I'd have a sneaky peek at her book shelves but she lives t'other side of the country!)

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carlajean · 01/11/2014 15:52

Kate Moss (in that they're both rubbish). Not helpful though, I know. If she likes PG she won't necessarily make the jump to decent historical fiction, but Alison Weir might be worth trying, or my favorite, Norah Lofts.

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