[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bertrice Small novels

Awesome! I've wanted to read that one.!
Allison

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Just a note to let you know that I have scanned Blaze Wyndham. I am cleaning up to submit it. I will have to finish it in the next week as the book is due next week.
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Amber,

What Allison says is correct, but when one refers to
something or someone else, ou thenwant to go back and
read it. Love Slave is totally stand-alone (be aware
that, as its title suggests, there's a lot of sex--but
there's also a bibliiography that indicates that such
things went on the in the early Mohammedan empire).

Rosamund stands alone, but leaves you wanting to read
the sequal. That one, because of references to what
happened to the male protagonist, led me to read The
Kadin, which also stands alone--but if you read that
before Until You, which follows Rosamund, you'll
understand Until You better. Philippa is the third in
that series, about Rosamund's daughter.

The Skye O'Malley series should be read in order,
because it follows the women through several
generations. The SKye O'Malley saga consists of Skye
O'Malley; All the Sweet Tomorrows; A LOve for All
Time; This Heart of Mine; Lost Love Found; WIld
Jasmine. Then Skye's Legacy continues, with Darling
Jasmine, Bedazzled, Besieged; Intrigued; Just Beyond
tomorrow; and Vixens.

Some are better than others. Some are somewhat
repetitive in that people are kidnapped and end up in
the Turkish Empire and ultimately return to
England--but all are full of historical personages and
events and battles, and one learns a great deal of
history in a very pleasant way--as well as a great
deal about social customs (I always wondered how
people went to the bathroom in the 16yth century),
clothes of the period, and food of the period.

Most of the rest of the books stand alone, although I
just finished reading reading Love, Remember Me, and
it referred to Blaze Wyndham because the protaganist
is Blaze's daughter. I couldn't remember all the
details, but fortunately, they were explained iin the
course of the book, so my memory was refreshed.

I do read other things in between, but I was really
sad to think there werenn't going to be any more, so
I'm glad there is a new one. I read a brief annotation
and it takes us again to the court of Henry VIII. Some
of them are set in the eras of James Iv, V and VI in
Scotland, and a couple are set earlier, in the 11th
and 12th centuries.

Enjoy

Cindy

--- Allison Mervis <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

They don't really have to be read in any particular
order in my opinion.
Each story is individual enough, and previous
connections to other books are
explained.
Allison


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