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    Bernard Cornwell

    i think you will find the whole series like this mate, i found the main character really grew on me so i did care what happened to him...keep going you may yet be hooked.
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    found another author thats quite a fun read, historical fiction without too in depth a history...John Wilcox horns of the buffalo, set at the time of the zulu wars and the forst book features roukes drift...good fun to read.
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    Bernard Cornwell

    its excellent mate...you will enjoy it
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    Eagle in the snow...brilliant book!!
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    lifted this from my web site "THE HOUSE OF DEATH" - Paul Doherty LARGE H/B D/J Published by Constable & Robinson in 2001 “ It is the spring of 334BC and the young Alexander has led his troops to the banks of the Hellespont, poised to make his invasion into the empire of the great Persian...
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    Saylors are just an easy fun read, they dont go to town, its what i class as a by the pool book!! for a bit more depth try Doherty, he does a good crime story set in alexander the greats army
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    Snow dog if you like the detective stories have you tried Steven Saylors romana series? I quite like them, seeing a crime solved in rome without the aid of modern techniques.
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    Snowdog: try Simons New series, starts with young bloods and then follwed by generals...totally different from Eagles books. Connavar The name parmenion was inspired from Gemmells Lion of Macedon, it was a very important book for me, and still is. I have always used the name online and my...
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    Have you read Eagle in the Sand yet? if not you will meet a certain Centurion Parmenion... thats me...well im the inspiration for the name anyway...(one of my fav little claims to fame) {Big grin}
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    Bernard Cornwell

    Bernard Cornwell - The Author's Official Site - Sharpe Books dot com the saxon chronicles
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    my opinion of The Dreamers

    i am amazed that anyone could get to the end of 1 of these let alone 4...i feel sorry for you....all that wasted effort...;)
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    Bernard Cornwell

    no mate...try his latest series on alfred the great, you trust me...dont you? i promise you will love it.
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    Who is the best Historical Fiction author?

    what do we define as the best? most acurate? funniest? most prolific? best battles? most authentic..(not to be confused with historical accuracy) most contempary style? me i love simon scarrows work. His eagles series is utterly brilliant...the characters are ones you can empathise with...
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    Conn Iggulden

    if you want to pop and wax lyrical to simon himself then pop along to Home he and his brother have their own forum and both attend regularly. Also they have a writers help web site called www.youwriteonline.co.uk and a book shop ScarrowShop.co.uk (Powered by CubeCart) so you can get signed...
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    Conn Iggulden

    svalbard vbmenu_register("postmenu_885312", true); : no one is insulted, we all like a good debate. I tell you what, go buy or borrow from the library Wolf of the plains by Iggulden and tell me if you enjoy that...its a really good read. also if you like scarrow have you read simons...
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    Conn Iggulden

    i would join in this with something new...but connavar covered it perfectly...this is fiction. the masters of rome series is good and i take nothing away from the author...but the pace can be a little dull and over written at times. Authors like iggulden and scarrow, they dont wast pages of text...
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    Advice about approaching agents!

    I'm fairly new to being an agent; I have my first author in print and 4 more due out this year. I agree that you need to be professional and get 3rd party to review before you submit. In the last 2 years I have read some utter tripe, but also some very very good work, and some of the good stuff...
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    Picture Books

    you can get them from as little as £10-£15 if you look around.
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    my opinion of The Dreamers

    wait until you read ook 2 3 and 4 its all the same book rehashed 4 times...how the mighty has fallen!!
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    Online help and feedback from authors

    hi sorry for delay in responding, yes it is the macro and cato series author and his author brother Alex
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