Historical fiction fans unite! This is the Historical Fiction Carnival . Come one and all to joining in celebrating historical fiction. Not a fan of this genre? Join us anyway. Read some of the articles and reviews. Maybe us fans will convince you to give it a try.
I received tons of submissions for the carnival and I want to thank you all! I tried to include something from everyone who contributed.
I organized the Carnival in two main sections: 1. Historical Fiction Articles and Interviews 2. Historical Fiction Book Reviews. Since I am a arm chair traveler, I tried to organize the book reviews by country and sometimes subject. I hope it works for everyone.
I sure hope you all enjoy the carnival. Please let me know what you liked and didn’t like so I can try to improve on it if I host again. Also, leave comments on blogs that had reviews or articles that you really enjoyed. This is a great way to get to know other book bloggers and get suggestions for great books.
Most important.. Have fun!
Historical Fiction Articles and Interviews:
Alex of Historical Tapestry writes Why I Love Elizabeth Chadwick
Elizabeth Chadwick on Why I Love William Marshall
Michelle Moran on Why I Love to Write About Ancient Times
C W Gortner on Why I Love Writing About the Renaissance
The World of What If by Sheramy Bundrick
Interview with Helen Hollick, Author of The Kingmaking
Historical Fiction Book Reviews:
North America /USA:
Young Adult Fiction/Montana:
Brook of The Bluestocking Guide reviewed Cowgirl Dreams by Heidi Thomas
Wild West:
Bobbie of Book Reviews by Bobbie reviewed Escape: A Wyoming Historical Novel by Jean Henry Mead
New England:
Jason of 5-Squared reviewed Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller
New York:
Stella Matutina reviewed the thriller, The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Civil War /Slavery/ South:
Jessica of The Bluestocking Society reviewed Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Gilion of Rose City Reader reviewed Hallam’s War by Elisabeth Payne Rosen
North America / Canada:
Melanie of Indextrious Reader reviewed The Day the Falls Stood Still by Marie Buchanan
Teddy of So Many Precious Books reviewed The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Teddy of So Many Precious Books reviewed The Horseman’s Graves by Jaqueline Baker
South America:
Brazil:
Kathy of Bermudaonion’s Weblog reviewed The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles
Mexico:
Gilion of Rose City Reader reviewed The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo
Europe:
England:
Spanning 10,000 Years:
Heather of Age 30+ … A Lifetime of Books reviewed Sarum: A Novel of England, by Edward Rutherford
Medieval England:
Jessica of The Bluestocking Society reviewed The Midwife’s Apprentice Karen Cushman
Meghan of Medieval bookworm reviewed Flint by Margaret Redfern
Tudors:
Monica of Monniblog reviewed Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
Dollygirl of The Maiden’s Court reviewed The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
17th Century:
Monica of Monniblog reviewed Conceit by Mary Novick
Victorian:
Carrie of BOOKS AND MOVIES reviewed The Wet Nurse’s Tale by Erica Eisdorfer
Nymeth of Things Mean A Lot reviewed The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt
Post Victorian:
Bernadette of Reaction to Reading reviewed The Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne
Scotland:
Marg of Reading Adventures reviewed The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
WWII:
Monica of Monniblog reviewed The Old Brown Suitcase
Bobbie of Book Reviews by Bobbie reviewed Night of Flames by Douglas W. Jacobson
Italy:
Jill of Rhapsodyinbooks reviewed Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
Spain:
Teddy of So Many Precious Books, So Little Time reviewed The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
Switzerland:
Melanie of Indextrious Reader reviewed Swiss Sonata by Gwethalyn Graham
Russia:
Gilion of Rose City Reader reviewed The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Australia:
Outlaws:
Emily of It Was Evening All Afternoon reviewed The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Outback:
J.T. of Biblogreak reviewed The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
India:
1920’s:
Bobbie of Book Reviews by Bobbie reviewed East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
Burma:
Sandra of Fresh Ink Books reviewed The Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Middle East:
Alyce of At Home With Books reviewed People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Modern History:
Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit reviewed The Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
China:
Rebecca Reads reviewed The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Teddy of So Many Precious Books, So Little Time reviewed The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
Japan:
Tanabata of In the Spring it is the Dawn reviewed Blossoming Fields by Jun’ichi Watanabe
Up Coming Editions of the Book Worms Carnival:
Here are the Carnivals that are coming up. If these topics of interest to you please submit something to these wonderful hosts.
Edition 37 hosted by: Narineh at The Novel WorldDeadline for submission: September 11, 2009Theme: Banned BooksTo submit a post, email: rantsandreads at gmail dot com
Edition 38 hosted by: Natasha at Maw BooksDeadline for submission: September 25, 2009Theme: Books about Africa or with an African Theme (fiction or non-fiction)To submit a post, email: natasha at mawbooks dot com
Oh, sure, just when I start to make a dent in my Google Reader, you post this. 😉 I WILL get to them all…eventually.
Holy cow what a lot of reads!!
What a great collection of essays and reviews! I am going to spend some time here this weekend going through them.
Thank you so much for including some of my reviews. This is my very first carnival!
Very cool! I like how you did the layout by geography.
Wow! That is a lot of submissions! Thanks for including mine.
Thanks so much for putting this together!
I loved how you organized this!
Sad I missed the round up before, I had no idea there WAS a HF Carnival!!
I am also doing a HF Bloggers Round Table during the BBAW so it’s going to be a busy week then!
I hope you’ll stop by and see what is going on then when you get a chance!
Thanks for the carnival! Love the organization.
Teddy, great carnival! I love the organization by place. I’ve added so many books to the TBR list!
Wow, what a great carnival you set up here, Teddy! I have bookmarked your post for when I get a few moments to truly click through and read everything. Thanks for posting this!
Great job! I’m off to read review now.
I thoroughly enjoyed this carnival. I like historical fiction and found a couple of new books to read, including Swiss Sonata. And I found 2 new blogs! Thanks for a great edition.
So many reviews to read! I’ve enjoyed looking through them all. Thanks for including mine!
So much to look at here! Thanks for including a couple of my reviews as well. I have found some must-read books by viewing these links, and I haven’t even finished going through them all yet. 🙂
Thank you so much for hosting! You did a great job 😀 I’m bookmarking this so I can read everything carefully.
What a nice variety of reviews! Thanks for putting it all together.
J.T, sorry about that. LOL! There were a lot more that I had to sift through before I posted.
Bluestocking, yes, and a lot added to my TBR.
Gilion, your very welcome. Thanks so much for participating. Hopefully you will have many more Carnivals to come!
Marie, I will stop by.
Alyce, I have my TBR laid out by country as well, so it made sense to me.
Kathy, your very welcome. Thanks for participating.
Carrie, it was fun.
rhapsodyinbooks,Monica,Jessica, thanks! I have my TBR laid out by country as well, so it made sense to me.
Marie, too bad you didn’t see my previous posts asking for submissions. I will check BBAW out for sure. I’m looking forward to it.
Jessica and Melanie, I also added to my TBR from the Carnival.
Wendy and Beth I hope you enjoy it!
Rebecca, you are very welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it and found new blogs and books.
Memory, your welcome!
Nymeth, your welcome and thanks. It was fun to organize it.
Tanabata, thanks and your welcome!
Thanks so much for doing it! There are so many posts to review, and I’m eager to decide on my next nonfiction read.
Wow! I have to start clicking and reading! Thanks Teddy.
Rebecca, Your welcome. However this won’t really help you with your next non-fiction read as historical fiction is fiction.
Jenny, Your very welcome. Enjoy!
What a great idea to have a carnival for bookworms. I am a bookworm but not of historical fiction but almost all fiction. It sounds like it was a fun time.
A lot of good articles in this post. I just purchased Sacred Hearts.