Convalescent Reading help Please

[KurriKurri]

I'm having a small op. next week, and will be laid up for a couple of weeks afterwards. What better excuse to treat myself to some books

So I've already decided on the new Shardlake.

Any other recommendations, - I've recently enjoyed Wolf Hall, Little Stranger,Deaf Sentence (David Lodge), I like historical stuff (fict and non-fict), Detective/thrillers,classics, - will try anything really - any suggestions? (Was thinking maybe Her Fearful Symmetry - good or not?)

I liked HFS, but not as much as the time travellers wife.
Will rack my brains now which won't take long.

Have you read Sharon Penman's Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy - When Christ and His Saints Slept is the first one? I'm just finishing the third, Devil's Brood at the moment and they are really good if you like medieval history.

No I haven't LadyG - I like the sound of that.

Hi, KK if you like historical fact, I've just started reading Dan Cruckshanks History of Georgian London, which is all about the sex trade and rather interesting. Another fascinating one is Daughters of Britannia about ambassadors wives through history by Kate Hickman. The Sharon Penman books are excellent too.

That sounds good too Pashazade, I've put it on my list has anyone read Peter Ackroyd's London-The Biography?, I quite fancy giving that a go.

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (historical detective story about a convalescent policeman) should fit the bill. Relatively lightweight.

I second Daughters of Britannia. Another really good non-fiction read is the Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer (who is married to a MNer).
Have not read Ackroyd's London, but DH has and he liked it.

HFS is fantastic, as is Beyond Black by Hilary Mantell.

Daughters of Britannia now on the list.
MrsVP - I've read Daughter of Time and loved it, but thanks for the suggestion .

Any good new novels out there?, (it's a while since I bought new, - usually raid the library)

Classics - How about David Copperfield. I bloody love this book - historical (I love the bit where he goes back to his lodgings and eats sodding oysters and beer or some such) and just bloody lovely.

New Novels - I have The Children's Book waiting for me to have a go on - I am reading Little Stranger at the moment and this is my next one...

Re-Reads - Nancy Mitford stuff? If you liked Little Stranger then I think you would LOVE Love in a Cold Climate et al.

(Might be shitty boring suggestions, but these books are my comfort " go to's")

Thanks Shirley, - all good suggestions (am waiting for my mum to finish The Children's Book so I can borrow it from her.)

It's years since I read the Nancy Mitfords - high time for a re read, and I also love Dickens. I've read DC but might well try Little Dorrit/Hard Times or Old Curiosity Shop. - I really enjoy the social history as well as the stories themselves.