----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Hawthorne" <hawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AccessibleWorld Book Discussion ." <aw-booktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [aw-booktalk] Let's Read Historical Novels - April 7 Let's Read Historical Novels! This is a reminder that the next Let's Read Historical Novels will take place on Tuesday, April 7, at 9 PM Eastern and 6 PM Pacific. Our book this month is THE TEN THOUSAND by Michael Curtis Ford. It is an epic tale of a real event, the return home of the Athenian hero Xenophon leading literally thousands of soldiers, servants, camp followers through desert and mountains while constantly pursued by their enemies. The story is told by his servant Theo whose loyalty to Xenophon is the only thing that seems to keep him going. THE TEN THOUSAND is available from both NLS and BookShare. You may be interested to know that Xenophon's own account of THE MARCH OF THE TEN THOUSAND is available from Audible.com. If you have any questions about this month's book feel free to contact the group moderator at hawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . You can find more about the group and our meeting times in different time zones at http://histnov.blogspot.com . We will meet in the Let's Read Historical Novels chat room on www.accessibleworld.org. If this is your first time, try to come early so you can download the chat tool. Please bring a microphone. -- Happy reading! Nan Hawthorne hawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Author of "An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England" -- available now! www.nanhawthorne.com "The author’s sound ear for dialog. Indeed, talk bubbles throughout this book, talk of high state affairs, the outpourings of the heart, and the joking prattle of old friends, and all of it works a kind of magic on the reader. Lawrence and Josephine’s world is one in which that reader will want to linger, and by the end of the book, many of its characters will feel like old friends." Historical Novels Review Online _______________________________________________ Aw-booktalk mailing list Aw-booktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://accessibleworld.org/mailman/listinfo/aw-booktalk_accessibleworld.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.