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FROM: "Scott Clark" <[removed]@mail.lcl.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 6/9/03, 6:36 PM

I've got a patron who would like to track down any recommended fiction set during the 17th Century ("the time of Shakespeare") in England and/or Europe.

Any quick suggestions? -- She'll check back with me in the next couple of days.

These could be either "critically acclaimed" or just reader-recommended. The intended reader is a middle-school student preparing to enter high school, but willing to read "adult" material rather than just "young adult" books.

Scott Clark
Lincoln City Libraries
Lincoln, NE

FROM: Candice Michalik <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 6/9/03, 6:53 PM

Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine
Brooks tells of the effects of the plague on one
English town in the 17th century.

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Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
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FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@glendaleaz.com>
REC'D: 6/9/03, 7:19 PM

King of Shadows by Susan Cooper.

This one is actually YA. It's about a boy who goes back to the days of Wm Shakespeare.

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

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>>> [removed]@yahoo.com 06/09/03 04:47PM >>>
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine
Brooks tells of the effects of the plague on one
English town in the 17th century.

=====
Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
[removed]@yahoo.com

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FROM: "Smith, Jeff" <[removed]@marshall.usc.edu>
REC'D: 6/9/03, 8:54 PM

These get high marks from critics:

Restoration: A Novel of Seventeenth-Century England
by Rose Tremain
(this became a 1995 film)

An Instance of the Fingerpost
by Iain Pears

-- JS

FROM: Susan Martin <[removed]@cpl.org>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 8:37 AM

What about the new book My Father Had a Daughter by Grace Tiffany? It's a fiction "memoir by Judith, Shakespeare's youngest daughter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Susan Martin

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 8:38 AM

"The Three Musketeers," first of all (1600's). Its sequels are "Ten Years
After" and "The Vicomte deBragelonne," sometimes published separately as
"Bragelonne, Son of Athos," "The Man in the Iron Mask," and "Louise de la
Valliere."

Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolo series is set, if I'm not mistaken, in
Renaissance Italy.

There's Edward Fisher's Silver Falcon trilogy:
Shakespeare & Son (1962)
Love’s Labour’s Won (1963)
The Best House in Stratford (1965)

and most of Inglis Fletcher's Carolina Series:
Raleigh’s Eden (1940)
Men of Albemarle (1942)
Lusty Wind for Carolina (1944)
Toil of the Brave (1946)
Roanoke Hundred (1948)
Bennett’s Welcome (1950)
Queen’s Gift (1952)
The Scotswoman (1955)
Wind in the Forest (1957)
Cormorant’s Brood (1959)
Rogue’s Harbor (1960)
Wicked Lady (1962)

Mary Johnston's "To Have and to Hold" is set in early Virginia.

Sergeanne Golon's Angelique series occurs in that era:
Angelique (1958, tr 1971)
Angelique in Barbary (Brit. ...and the Sultan; 1960, tr 1968)
Angelique and the King (1961, tr 1960, 1971)
Angelique in Love (1961, tr 1968)
The Countess Angelique (1967, tr 1968)
The Temptation of Angelique (1969, tr 1971)
Angelique and the Ghosts (1978)

Margaret E. Irwin's Elizabeth trilogy would certainly fit:
Young Bess (1945)
Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1948)
Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953)

And quite a few of Jean Plaidy:
the Catherine de’Medici ser*:
1. Madame Serpent (1951)
2. The Italian Woman (1952, US? 1975)
3. Queen Jezebel (1953)
4. Catherine de’Medici (1969)
the Lucrezia novels*:
1. Madonna of the Seven Hills (Brit 1958, US 1974)
2. Light on Lucrezia (Brit 1958, US 1976)
3. Lucrezia Borgia (1976)
the Tudor Series*:
19. The Sixth Wife (Brit 1953, US 1970)
20. St. Thomas's Eve (Brit 1954, US 1970)
21. The Spanish Bridegroom (Brit 1954/6, US 1971)
22. Gay Lord Robert (Brit 1955, US 1971)
Katherine of Aragon subseries (3v.):
23. Katherine, the Virgin Widow (1961)
24. The Shadow of the Pomegranate (1962)
25. The King's Secret Matter (1962)
26. The Thistle and the Rose (1963, US 1973)
27. The King's Pleasure (1949, 1972 as Murder Most Royal)
the Mary books*:
28. The Royal Road to Fotheringay (Brit 1955, US 1970)
29. The Captive Queen of Scots (Brit 1963, US 1970)
30. Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Years (1968)
31. Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland (1975)
the Stuart Saga* (t)
32. The Murder in the Tower (Brit 1964, US 1974)
Charles II subseries (3v.):
33. The Wandering Prince (Brit 1956, US 1971)
34. A Health Unto His Majesty (Brit 1956, US 1972)
35. Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (Brit 1956, US 1973)
36. The Three Crowns (Brit 1965, US 1977)
37. The Haunted Sisters (Brit 1966, US 1977)
38. The Queen’s Favorite (Brit 1966, US 1978)
Queen of This Realm: The Story of Elizabeth I (1984, US 1985)

I'd suggest a NoveList search with keywords "Shakespeare" or "Elizabeth I."
And once again let me talk up the McKinley Bibliographies!

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 8:43 AM

How did I forget Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year"?!

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FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 8:55 AM

Patricia Finney, who also writes as P.F. Chisholm
George Garrett

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@mail.lcl.lib.ne.us 06/09/03 06:32PM >>>
I've got a patron who would like to track down any recommended fiction set during the 17th Century ("the time of Shakespeare") in England and/or Europe.

Any quick suggestions? -- She'll check back with me in the next couple of days.

These could be either "critically acclaimed" or just reader-recommended. The intended reader is a middle-school student preparing to enter high school, but willing to read "adult" material rather than just "young adult" books.

Scott Clark
Lincoln City Libraries
Lincoln, NE

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 8:55 AM

Patricia Finney, who also writes as P.F. Chisholm
George Garrett

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@mail.lcl.lib.ne.us 06/09/03 06:32PM >>>
I've got a patron who would like to track down any recommended fiction set during the 17th Century ("the time of Shakespeare") in England and/or Europe.

Any quick suggestions? -- She'll check back with me in the next couple of days.

These could be either "critically acclaimed" or just reader-recommended. The intended reader is a middle-school student preparing to enter high school, but willing to read "adult" material rather than just "young adult" books.

Scott Clark
Lincoln City Libraries
Lincoln, NE

FROM: Karla Bowman <[removed]@euclidlibrary.org>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 10:50 AM

The Journal of Mrs. Pepys: Portrait of a Marriage by Sara George

Karla Bowman

FROM: Ruth Conrad <[removed]@scils.rutgers.edu>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 11:27 AM

Has she tried "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary Blackwood, and the sequel,
"Shakespeare's Scribe"? Widge, an orphan apprenticed to a rival acting
troupe, is sent to steal Shakespeare's plays, but he starts to feel guilty
as he makes friends in Shakespeare's troupe. They're both YA, and good
reads. (Or at least "Shakespeare Stealer" is. Haven't read the sequel
yet...)

Ruth Conrad
Atlantic County Library
Egg Harbor Township, NJ

> I've got a patron who would like to track down any recommended fiction set
> during the 17th Century ("the time of Shakespeare") in England and/or
> Europe.
>
> Any quick suggestions? -- She'll check back with me in the next couple of
> days.
>
> These could be either "critically acclaimed" or just reader-recommended.
> The intended reader is a middle-school student preparing to enter high
> school, but willing to read "adult" material rather than just "young
> adult" books.
>
> Scott Clark
> Lincoln City Libraries
> Lincoln, NE

>

FROM: "Phillips, Wanda" <[removed]@ppl.peoria.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 11:49 AM

Would the reader be interested in alternate history? 1632 by Eric Flint
and 1633 by David Weber and Eric Flint are set in Germany in the middle of
the Thirty Years War. A time warp drops modern day Americans into the
height of the action.

Wanda Phillips
Peoria Public Library
Peoria, IL
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FROM: "Sarah Nagle" <[removed]@carverlib.org>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 12:04 PM

There are two writers of mysteries set during the time of Elizabeth I -
Kathy Lynn Emerson ("Face Down In the Marrow Bone Pie", etc.) and Karen
Harper ("The Tidal Poole" etc.).

Also, don't forget LORNA DOONE by Blackmore, which was on A&E a few
years ago.

Sarah Nagle
Branch Manager and Reference Coordinator
Carver County Library - Chaska Branch
3 City Hall Plaza
Chaska, MN 55318
email [removed]@carverlib.org
Phone: 952-227-7615
Fax: 952-279-5216

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 6/10/03, 12:13 PM

At 12:00 PM 6/10/03 -0500, you wrote:
>There are two writers of mysteries set during the time of Elizabeth I -
>Kathy Lynn Emerson ("Face Down In the Marrow Bone Pie", etc.) and Karen
>Harper ("The Tidal Poole" etc.).

More than two, I'd say. The most prolific is perhaps "Edward Marston,"
whose detective is the bookholder in an Elizabethan theater company,
starting with THE QUEEN'S HEAD in 1988.

A number of Elizabethan-era mystery short stories appear in two Mike
Ashley anthologies, SHAKESPEAREAN DETECTIVES and SHAKESPEAREAN
WHODUNNITS. (Though most of the stories in these anthologies are
set in the "original" world of the individual plays.)

Here's a useful, though quite incomplete, list of fiction that
features Shakespeare himself as a character:

http://www.shaksper.net/archives/files/charactr.biblio.html

There's a number of links to online sites of historical fiction
(mysteries and otherwise) at

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~soon/histfiction/index.html

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 6/10/03, 1:19 PM

The Oracle Glass, by Judith Merkle Riley

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library

FROM: "Linda Porter" <[removed]@marioncountyfl.org>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 10:30 AM

Your young reader might enjoy these two recent novels from Sarah A. Hoyt
-

Ill Met by Moonlight
All Night Awake

Both feature a very young, struggling Shakespeare and suggest that he
just may have gotten his dramatic ideas from the Elven Realm of Arden
Forest. The second brings in a connection to Kit Marlowe. Both are
fairly short with lots of white space. They're entertaining historical
fantasies with good descriptions of both small town and London life at
that time.

Linda Porter
Collection Development Librarian
Marion County Public Library System
Ocala, Florida
[removed]@marioncountyfl.org

Subject: Fiction set in 17th Century
From: "Scott Clark" <[removed]@mail.lcl.lib.ne.us>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:32:47 -0500

I've got a patron who would like to track down any recommended fiction
set during the 17th Century ("the time of Shakespeare") in England
and/or Europe.

Any quick suggestions? -- She'll check back with me in the next couple
of days.

These could be either "critically acclaimed" or just
reader-recommended. The intended reader is a middle-school student
preparing to enter high school, but willing to read "adult" material
rather than just "young adult" books.

Scott Clark
Lincoln City Libraries
Lincoln, NE

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