I would not hesitate to recommend any of Colleen McCullough's books. Incidentally I don't know what condition her vision is in now but I know she was loosing it to Macular Degeneration --- age related I believe. Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:23 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Historical fictio > And don't forget her books set in Australia. > > One of the best books, fiction but very accurate as to > history, is Desiree. I validated it for bookshare and > hated for it to end. Desiree stayed in my mind for > days (Napolean and France). > > Cindy > > -- "L. Sammons" <lsammons@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> There has been some discussion here about historical >> fiction. >> For those interested in Roman history Colleen >> Mccullough has written a wonderful series of books >> with strong historical content. I think the first in >> the series is Fortunes Favorites. There are five or >> six books. They are lengthy but good and i believe >> all are on bookshare >> >> Sam S >> >> Santa Clarita Ca >> >> > > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html > >