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William Martin

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The United States

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http://www.williammartinbooks.com/index.htm

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

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August 2012

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Meet 'the king of the historical thriller' (Providence Journal). William Martin is a New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels, an award-winning PBS documentary, book reviews, magazine articles, and a cult classic horror movie, too. He is best known for his historical fiction, which has chronicled the lives of the great and the anonymous in American history while bringing to life legendary American locations, from Cape Cod to the Sierra foothills during the California Gold Rush. His latest, December '41, sweeps us across America in the weeks after Pearl Harbor and has been hailed as "propulsive," "cinematic,' and "riveting" by critics. He was the recipient of the prestigious 2005 New England Book Award, given to "an author whose bo ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 11,931 ratings · 1,461 reviews · 373 distinct works • Similar authors

	Back Bay (Peter Fallon, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 2,414 ratings — published 1979 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cape Cod 3.93 avg rating — 1,784 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Constitution (Peter Fallon, #3) 3.70 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 2007 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvard Yard (Peter Fallon, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 1,241 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lincoln Letter (Peter Fallon, #5) 3.88 avg rating — 1,229 ratings — published 2012 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	December '41: A World War II Thriller 4.10 avg rating — 776 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Dreams (Peter Fallon, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annapolis 3.95 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1996 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Citizen Washington 4.05 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bound for Gold (Peter Fallon, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 535 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Patriot's Day, Boston, 2013

I am going to bed. No more to learn tonight. This was a terrible thing on a beautiful day on Boston's biggest annual weekend, when we celebrate the beginning of the American Revolution with the oldest marathon in the world. Somebody - or somebodies - saw a twenty...-six mile long target of opportunity. It might be Islamic terrorists. It might be homegrown wackos. We don't know yet. But they took a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 16, 2013 06:41 • Tags: boston, patriot-s-day, the-american-revolution, the-boston-marathon, the-boston-public-library

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Series by William Martin

Peter Fallon (6 books)
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William Martin (Goodreads Author)

3.90 avg rating — 7,438 ratings

If you love a page-turning mystery, you are in for a treat this month. We're seeing a great assortment of highly anticipated mysteries and...

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HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "C"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.

C.S. Forester

MR. MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER BY C.S. FORESTER

8 votes, 22.9%

James A. Michener

ALASKA BY JAMES A. MICHENER

4 votes, 11.4%

Robert Louis Stevenson

KIDNAPPED BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

3 votes, 8.6%

Howard Pyle

MEN OF IRON BY HOWARD PYLE

3 votes, 8.6%

Naomi Novik

HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON BY NAOMI NOVIK

3 votes, 8.6%

Gore Vidal

BURR BY GORE VIDAL

3 votes, 8.6%

Gore Vidal

CREATION BY GORE VIDAL

3 votes, 8.6%

Kenneth Roberts

RABBLE IN ARMS BY KENNETH ROBERTS

2 votes, 5.7%

Gore Vidal

JULIAN BY GORE VIDAL

2 votes, 5.7%

The Lively Lady by Kenneth Lewis Roberts

Kenneth Lewis Roberts

THE LIVELY LADY BY KENNETH ROBERTS

1 vote, 2.9%

Kenneth Roberts

NORTHWEST PASSAGE BY KENNETH ROBERTS

1 vote, 2.9%

Gore Vidal

LINCOLN BY GORE VIDAL

1 vote, 2.9%

James A. Michener

SPACE BY JAMES A. MICHENER

1 vote, 2.9%

James A. Michener

TEXAS BY JAMES A. MICHENER

0 votes, 0.0%

William Martin

CITIZEN WASHINGTON

0 votes, 0.0%

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