Guilty Pleasures: Historical Fiction and Travel Writing

JWBear · 10-30-2006, 11:17 PM

Welsh? Wales? Tell me more about these books....

Alex · 10-30-2006, 11:21 PM

Oh, I can't believe I almost forgot An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie. A young black villager in sub-Saharan Africa reads about Greenland in a book at his local missionary and runs away from his village determined to visit that place.

Eventually he makes it and provides an interesting glimpse into life both in 1950s sub-Saharan Africa as well as the very odd culture of the people of Greenland.

Not Afraid · 10-31-2006, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

Welsh? Wales? Tell me more about these books....

Sharon Kay Penman has a series of three 13the Century Welsh historical novels that are very good. The titles are HERE BE DRAGON, FALLS THE SHADOW and THE RECKONING. Her other novels focus on Richard II (The Sunne in Splendour), the conflict between Maude and Stephen (When Christ and His Saints Slept), Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (Time and Chance). The last two are books one and 2 of a trilogy that isn't complete. Great reading!

JWBear · 10-31-2006, 12:53 PM

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Sharon Kay Penman has a series of three 13the Century Welsh historical novels that are very good. The titles are HERE BE DRAGON, FALLS THE SHADOW and THE RECKONING. Her other novels focus on Richard II (The Sunne in Splendour), the conflict between Maude and Stephen (When Christ and His Saints Slept), Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (Time and Chance). The last two are books one and 2 of a trilogy that isn't complete. Great reading!

Sounds right up my alley. I'll have to look for them. Thanks!

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oh, I can't believe I almost forgot An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie. A young black villager in sub-Saharan Africa reads about Greenland in a book at his local missionary and runs away from his village determined to visit that place. Eventually he makes it and provides an interesting glimpse into life both in 1950s sub-Saharan Africa as well as the very odd culture of the people of Greenland.
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