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Top Ten Tuesday - Historical Settings I Love

2/2/2016

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This weekly frenzy of listing is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
I wouldn't necessarily call historical fiction one of my favorite genres, but I have grown to enjoy it more and more. I love books in which I can learn about history, especially if I get a great plot and set of characters to go along with it. These are some of the historical time periods I love learning about (sorry, they're a little heavy on the Western Europe side):​​
  • Regency England (as in Jane Austen)
  • Victorian England (as in Anthony Trollope)
  • Jacobite rebellion in Scotland
  • 20th century Ireland
  • Shakespearean England
  • Roaring Twenties
  • The Gilded Age (Late 19th century in America, especially about all of the new inventions of the time)
  • Renaissance Italy
  • Anything in Biblical history
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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
2/2/2016 10:24:36 am

Oh no. I called Jane Austen "Victorian". Is that wrong? Oops. Great list! There were so many settings to choose from. I thought I wouldn't come up with 10, but then I felt like I was skipping so many other great settings when I made my list. :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/2/2016 07:29:49 pm

Austen is technically before the Victorian period, but the Regency and Victorian periods have so much in common, I don't think it really matters! :)

There's just so much history out there to enjoy, isn't there?

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Allyson Gilmore
2/2/2016 10:36:21 am

I don't read much historical fiction, but I could get behind some Jane Austen-esque YA ;)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/2/2016 07:30:14 pm

Jane Austen YA would be awesome! :)

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
2/2/2016 07:48:27 pm

For the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, have you read any of the Outlander books? They can be a bit intense (and major chunksters), but a definite favorite series of mine.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/7/2016 02:54:20 pm

I read the first one a few years ago, but for some reason, I haven't gone back to read any of the others. I'll have to try them again!

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