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M.M. Bennetts

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http://www.mmbennetts.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

Member Since

November 2010

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Educated at Boston University and St Andrews, M.M. Bennetts is a specialist in the economic, social and military history of Napoleonic Europe. The author is a keen cross-country and dressage rider, as well as an accomplished pianist, regularly performing music of the era as both a soloist and accompanist. Bennetts is a long-standing book critic for The Christian Science Monitor.

The author is married and lives in England.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 439 ratings · 89 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors by Debra Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M.M. Bennetts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maggi Andersen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	May 1812 4.12 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2009 — 4 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
	Of Honest Fame 4.55 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2010 — 4 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
	Castles, Customs, and Kings Volume 2: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors by Debra Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sue Millard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mary F. Burns (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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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Quotes by M.M. Bennetts (?)

“I want to... have fun with writing again. Enjoy my work, enjoy playing with the language and characters like a sculptor plays with clay. But there's this manic focus on numbers--how many books have you written and how many have you sold and it's all push, push, push, and no time for reflection--but at heart, books are about dreaming... which is just the opposite. So I don't know...
M.M. Bennetts comment to Nancy Bilyeau as related in Nancy's tribute "M.M. Bennetts: The Closest Friend I Never Met”
― M.M. Bennetts

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