Historical Fictionistas discussion

April's theme is going to be an easy one. For the month of April, our group read is a going to be a historical fiction novel featuring a male protagonist. This means a male has to be the narrator and/or featured for 75% or more of the book. All historical fiction sub-genres will be included for this month (historical fantasy, historical mystery, alternate history, etc.). Make sure you explain how your selection fits this theme in your nomination post.

Reminders
NO SELF NOMINATIONS- If you self-nominate, your comment will be deleted and you will potentially be removed from the group.
NOMINATIONS MUST INCLUDE TITLE AND AUTHOR- Nominations that do not include both will NOT be counted
BOOKS IN A SERIES MUST BE READ IN ORDER - If we have not read the previous books in a series, the nomination will not be counted.
ALL members get ONE nomination and ONE second - Please make sure you are clearly stating if you are nominating or seconding a book. This makes it easier for the moderators to make an accurate list for the final poll.
Other nomination process rules can be found here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Our bookshelf featuring previous group reads can be found here-
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

A list of ongoing series' reads discussions can be found here-
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Books nominated from these series will not be counted as there is already an active thread for discussion.

This thread will remain open until Saturday (2/15/2020)

I nominate The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.

I nominate: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

I nominate The Travels of Jamie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor. Father and son take off cross country for the 1849 gold rush.

I nominate Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough, about the life of an English prisoner driven to the first penal colonies in Australia in the 18th century. I may not have posted correctly, please forgive my newbee mistake.

I nominate The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure. This is the fascinating tale of an architect in Paris during World WR 2 whose brief is to design hiding places for Jews that will never be found by the invading Nazi officers.
This story becomes more gripping with every soul hidden and every life saved.

I nominate Fatherland by Robert Harris. According to the synopsis, the story follows a Berlin detective named Xavier March after Hitler wins WWII.

I nominate by Gretchen Jeannette

I nominate Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar, being the fictional “memoir” of a Roman emperor, it certainly meets the criteria of a make protagonist, and the book is a classic as well. :)

I nominate Zorro by Isabel Allende

I would like to second Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Trish wrote: "I nominate: by Gretchen Jeannette"

Do you know if this story is more than 75% from the male pov? The blurb suggests it alternates and is not primarily male pov.

i second The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

I'm nominating The Gods of Gotham by Lynday Faye featuring Timothy Wilde as a member of New York City's first police force.

I'm seconding Memoirs of Hadrian

I will second The Gods of Gotham.

I'm nominating Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan.

How about Michael Kenneth Smith series on the civil war starting with the first book
Home Again
all three books can be read as stand alone but I think this is the first in the series all three are excellent, well written and historically accurate.

Gretchen wrote: "I'm nominating The Gods of Gotham by Lynday Faye featuring Timothy Wilde as a member of New York City's first police force."

Seconding this one.

I will nominate Doc by Mary Doria Russell. I've had this on my shelf for a million years (or at least it seems so) and Doc Holliday is such a fascinating guy, I would love to read this finally! This totally has nothing at all to do with my forevercrush on Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday either*. :P




*That's a lie. It's totally that.

I nominate The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This book is narrated by the male protagonist.

Seconding Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

I'd like to second The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

I nominate Godan by Premchand. Set in pre independence India, it is a life of Indian farmer in feudal system.

Kunal wrote: "I nominate Godan by Premchand. Set in pre independence India, it is a life of Indian farmer in feudal system."

Can you link to the book please?

I nominate Winston's War by Michael Dobbs.

I'd like to second The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi
Coates

I’d like to second Memoirs of Hadrian

Monica wrote: "I nominate Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
by
David H.T. Wong
Wong uses language and visual rhetoric to provide readers with an accessible and comprehe..."

I've been eager to read this, but I don't think it's fiction.

Suzy wrote: "Monica wrote: "I nominate Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
by
David H.T. Wong
Wong uses language and visual rhetoric to provide readers with an accessib..."

Fair enough; I withdraw the nomination.

I will second Doc by Mary Doria Russell.

I will nominate

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

I will second Winston's War

I second The Paris Architect

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Days Without End - 2 seconds
Memoirs of Hadrian - 2 seconds
The Gods of Gotham - 2 seconds
The Water Dancer - 2 seconds
The Nickel Boys - 1 second
Doc - 1 second
Winston's War - 1 second
The Paris Architect - 1 second
The Travels of Jamie McPheeters
Morgan's Run
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Fatherland
Zorro
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Home Again
Lincoln in the Bardo

I will
Second Winston’s War

I second Winston’s War by Michael Dobbs

I second Trish Butler's recommendation of "This Day is Ours" by Gretchen Jeannette

Michelle wrote: "I second Trish Butler's recommendation of "This Day is Ours" by Gretchen Jeannette"

I haven't actually counted this one yet. I'm still waiting for someone to help me determine if it meets the criteria. All of my research suggests it doesn't as the story isn't told from a primarily male pov.

I'll second Doc. No offense to Val Kilmer, but the narrator of Doc, Mark Bramhall can out cowboy Sam Elliott. That's swoonworthy ;)

I will second "The Gods of Gotham"

I second Lincoln in the Bardo.

I second Memoirs of Hadrian.

I'd like to second The Travels of Jamie McPheeters

Oil and Marble, by Stephanie Stormy. A marvelous novel revolving around the Masters of the Renaissance, primarily Michelangelo and his impeccable carving of David. Leonardo Da Vinci plays a large role in the story as well.

Edit to the above^, the author is Stephanie Storey. (Autocorrect!!!)

Andrea wrote: "Oil and Marble, by Stephanie Stormy. A marvelous novel revolving around the Masters of the Renaissance, primarily Michelangelo and his impeccable carving of David. Leonardo Da Vinci plays a large r..."

We've already read this.

I nominate Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

I'll second Isabel Allende's Zorro

Gretchen, I changed my nomination to The Devil Take Tomorrow by Gretchen Jeannette - I edited the post but can make a new post if you prefer.

Thanks.

Trish

I'll second Beneath a Scarlet Sky