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Old 03-21-2014, 12:46 AM   #1
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Free/Bargain Historical Fiction in March 2014
Well, I've got a couple of big files downloading now so I thought that while I'm waiting on that I would post a title that I ran across today that seemed interesting.

Invisible Cities. By Italo Calvino. Digital List price $14.00; Print List Price $14.00. Kindle price $1.99 (just $1.99 additional for the audiobook with Whispersync after purchase of the Kindle book). 4-1/2 out of 5 stars from 161 reviews at the present moment. http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Citi...cities+calvino.

Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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Well, I've got a couple of big files downloading now so I thought that while I'm waiting on that I would post a title that I ran across today that seemed interesting.

Invisible Cities. By Italo Calvino. Digital List price $14.00; Print List Price $14.00. Kindle price $1.99 (just $1.99 additional for the audiobook with Whispersync after purchase of the Kindle book). 4-1/2 out of 5 stars from 161 reviews at the present moment. http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Citi...cities+calvino.

Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.


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From New York Times bestselling storyteller Bernard Cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery, duty, devotion, majesty, love, and battle as seen through the eyes of a young warrior who straddled two worlds.
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4 days later and I just checked, both Cornwell titles are not available for the sale price at B&N, but they are still at amazon.
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Another Bernard Cornwall title is $1.99 & £1.99 at the same stores: Sharpe's Tiger, the earliest by internal chronology in the Sharpe series (but not the first written).

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The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn him over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners -- or, worse -- his man-eating tigers. Picking his way through an exotic and alien world. Sharpe realizes that one slip will mean disaster. And when the furious British assault on the city finally begins, Sharpe must take up arms against his true comrades to preserve his false identity, risking death at their hands in order to avoid detection and thus to foil the Tippoo's well-set trap.

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God Is An Englishman
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From master author R. F. Delderfield, the first in the beloved classic God Is an Englishman series.

The first novel in the epic God Is an Englishman series, this book is a stirring saga of England in the 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution takes hold, forever changing the landscape of England and her people.

Adam Swann, scion of an army family, returns home in 1858 after service with Her Majesty's army in the Crimea and India, determined to build his fortune in the dog-eat-dog world of Victorian commerce. Swann is soon captivated by Henrietta, the high-spirited daughter of a local mill owner. As Swann works to build his name, he and Henrietta share adventures, reversal, and fortune.

A beloved novel by a beloved author, God Is an Englishman is a treasure both for Delderfield fans and the growing legion of fans of historical fiction
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Yep, I just noticed that. Sorry.

No need to be sorry.

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Finally, Anya Seton's historical novels are gradually being published as ebooks in the UK over the Spring & early Summer.

Currently 'Katherine' is available from Google Books & Amazon for £1.99 instead of £5.99

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Do I really want the guilt of knowing it's on my reader and knowing I'll probably make many promised to myself about when and where I'll read it (surely sometime someone needs surgery soon!) seriously I can't remember how many times I've gotten upwards off three quarters of the way through it
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Do I really want the guilt of knowing it's on my reader and knowing I'll probably make many promised to myself about when and where I'll read it (surely sometime someone needs surgery soon!) seriously I can't remember how many times I've gotten upwards off three quarters of the way through it
But now you'd have a bookmarked version, so you could pick up where you left off...
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Fleeing violent rebellions in Scotland, Mary looks to Queen Elizabeth of England for sanctuary. Though promised protection, Mary, perceived as a serious threat to the English crown, is soon imprisoned by her former friend as a “guest” in the house of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple welcomes the condemned queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world of the Elizabethan court.

To their horror, they grow to realize that the task will bankrupt their estate and lose them what little favor they’ve managed to gain as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion against Queen Elizabeth. And Mary is not as hopeless as she appears, manipulating the earl and spinning her own web of treachery and deceit, as she sharpens her weapons to reclaim her Scottish throne—and to take over Queen Elizabeth’s of England.
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