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Some more Friday Finds:

--I’ve heard a bit about this in the online forums I frequent: The White Queen, by Philippa Gregory. Coming out in September. Not sure if it’ll be any good; Gregory’s been churning them out recently, and in my mind a good writer of historical fiction should take their time researching their subject. Still, I might read it.

--Another I’ve heard a bit about: The Lady in the Tower, by Alison Weir. Due for publication in the UK around this time next year; it’s a biography of Anne Boleyn.

--Elizabeth Kostova also has a new one coming out in October. It’s called The Swan Thieves.

--Book 32 in the Morland Dynasty series is coming out in the UK in November: it’s called The Fallen Kings, and it continues the story through (I think) the end of WWI.

--The Unquiet Bones, by Melvin Starr. The first in a medieval mystery series. In the wake of the plague, a murdered corpse shows up in a castle cesspit.
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Jen (Devourer of Books) said…
Oooh, I'm very interested to see what Elizabeth Kostova comes up with this time, I really liked The Historian. I imagine I'll probably read Gregory's new book, even though I haven't been too crazy about her latest stuff. I'm thinking it will come from the library, though, not a bookstore.
April 17, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Anonymous said…
I probably will wind up reading The White Queen even though I haven't liked Gregory's recent works. Weir is possibly my favorite biographer, so I'll have to add The Lady in the Tower.

I still haven't read Kostova's The Historian, despite owning it for three years now, and I've never even heard of the Morlan Dynasty series. Any good?
April 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Marg said…
I feel like I was a bit burned by the last PG book, but I will still probably borrow this one from the library. I won't be buying it though!

I will also be interested in seeing what The Swan Thieves is about. I like the title. Not that I have read her first book, but still!
April 17, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Lezlie said…
I, too, have been very curious to see how Kostova would follow up The Historian. I'll have to check that one out!

Lezlie
April 18, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Danielle said…
I had no idea that Elizabeth Kostova was coming out with a new one--will have to see if I can find a description of it now!
April 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM
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