tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1728518704544103814..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Hidden GemsMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74041849685191664272018-03-13T09:58:09.689+00:002018-03-13T09:58:09.689+00:00Thanks for these suggestions.
By the way, Livi M...Thanks for these suggestions. <br /><br />By the way, Livi Michael also wrote The Whispering Road, a historical novel for children: one thread,as I recall it, was the early beginnings of the Manchester Guardian newspaper, which might interest your young reader.(Older junior fiction, alias middle-grade.) Copies may still be available.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15609068616907368942018-03-13T08:57:28.587+00:002018-03-13T08:57:28.587+00:00I am so pleased you mention Livi Michael's War...I am so pleased you mention Livi Michael's War of the Roses trilogy. I was lucky to have read these to review for my blog. They well wonderful. well-researched and engaging and helped me view both rival mothers, Margaret Beaufort (Henry VII's mother) and Margaret of Anjou in a new light. I grieve for both of them. I now understand them. Like you, I cannot begin to understand why these wonderful novels have slipped under the radar.Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23886482944795449232018-03-12T13:15:08.157+00:002018-03-12T13:15:08.157+00:00Hi Sue, Do have a look at them! It's a very su...Hi Sue, Do have a look at them! It's a very subjective list, as I say... Any hidden gems for children? I have a very heavy-reading 9 year old who adores Katherine Rundell and Helen Dunmore... <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157304943811034542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58030435271626044882018-03-12T11:08:24.991+00:002018-03-12T11:08:24.991+00:00Thanks, Antonia! I will certainly check these out....Thanks, Antonia! I will certainly check these out. I spend so much time reading children’s and YA fiction, I miss a lot of the writers for adults. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com