Historical Fictionistas discussion

Normally when I'm trying to decide on what the nomination theme should be, I'll scroll the suggestions thread. I'll check out important historical dates for that month. I don't have time for any of those things this month. This is up and running a little earlier this month mainly because February is just a little shorter.

So.....freebie! For April I'm looking for any historical fiction novel. That's it. All I'm asking is for the book to be historical fiction (it also must keep to the other rules of the nomination process).

REMINDERS
NO SELF-NOMINATIONS - I'm deleting the comment and the commenter without warning. There's been enough warnings and the rules are pretty clear.
ALL MEMBERS GET ONE NOMINATION AND ONE SECOND - Please be sure to clearly state if you are nominating or seconding a book. Extra chatter makes the thread difficult to keep track of resulting in moderators screwing things up which results in group members pointing out that moderators have screwed up.
NOMINATIONS MUST INCLUDE TITLE AND AUTHOR TO BE COUNTED - You do not have to link the book. Just as long as you have both requirements.
BOOKS IN A SERIES WILL NOT BE READ OUT OF ORDER - If you nominate a book that is the fourth in a series but we've only read the first and second, it won't count.
For the full breakdown of the nomination process and rules please see this thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

All of the previous group reads can be found here - https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

This thread will remain active until 2/15.

I will nominate A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee. It's a mystery set in 1919 India.

I’l nominate what seems to be a very popular historical fiction novel lately but “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah.

Simon wrote: "I’l nominate what seems to be a very popular historical fiction novel lately but “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah."

Great choice! I second that one

The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

I would like to nominate The March, by E.L. Doctorow

Yellow Crocus but Laila Ibrahim

Ooops (above)
BY Laila Ibrahim

I'll nominate Alyssa Cole's An Extraordinary Union.

I'll nominate A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.

I second The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

Four Winds by Kristian Hannah

I nominate Doc by Mary Doria Russell.

I'll second the nomination of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

I nominate My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray

Diane wrote: "Four Winds by Kristian Hannah"

I already nominated this earlier :)

I'd like to nominate Big Orange Flying Dinner Plate. Luther Guin begins his novel in the 1920s, where most of the story unfolds, with the climax occurring in the 1940s, and ends in the 1960s. His descriptive style captures the feel of the Great Depression era.

I second Doc

I'd like to nominate The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives: A Novel by Tim Darcy Ellis. It takes place in 1522, Spanish Netherlands.

I'll nominate A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler

I second Four Winds.

Kristi wrote: "I nominate My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray"

I'll second My Dear Hamilton

I'll second Doc.

Lumen by Ben Pastor. Poland during WWII.

I nominate HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi.

I second Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim.

I’d like to nominate The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff.

I second A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Kristi wrote: "I nominate My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray"

We've already read this.

Simon wrote: "Diane wrote: "Four Winds by Kristian Hannah"

I already nominated this earlier :)"

Mods got this thanks.

D.E. wrote: "I'd like to nominate Big Orange Flying Dinner Plate. Luther Guin begins his novel in the 1920s, where most of the story unfolds, with the climax occurring in the 1940s, and ends in the 1960s. His d..."

This appears to be much more fantasy/sci-fi than historical fiction. I'm not going to count it this time.

Book Concierge wrote: "I'll nominate A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler
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I'm going to second this.

List up to msg 32
The Four Winds - 4 seconds
Yellow Crocus - 2 seconds
A Gentleman in Moscow - 2 seconds
Doc - 2 seconds
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts - 1 second
A Rising Man
The Children's Blizzard
The March
An Extraordinary Union
The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives: A Novel
----cut off-----
Lumen
Homegoing
The Eagle of the Ninth


Disqualified
My Dear Hamilton
Big Orange Flying Dinner Plate

I will nominate The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
It is due out March 9th

I will nominate Raphael, Painter in Rome by Stephanie Storey

I will second The Rose Code

I second Yellow Crocus

I will nominate The Weight of Salt by Sandra Montanino.

Florida, 1906 – In the northeast section of Tampa, called Ybor City and known as The Cigar Capital of the World, comes an intimate part of American history that is seldom found in books and susceptible to be forgotten.

Although fiction, The Weight of Salt is inspired by a real person, a real time, and real events. Fifteen-year-old, Angelina Pirrello is bright and excited for her life to begin when she is abruptly torn from her mother’s love and is left to abide by her father’s rigid Italian beliefs. It is the era of unprecedented immigration, the Mafia is terrorizing Italian neighborhoods and store owners, and the fierce fight of the Suffragettes to gain the vote for women.

It is a time when dreams of American freedoms are celebrated and threatened. The old world across the sea clashes with the new, and a young girl must make a choice to fortify or forfeit her spirit. Yet, in the midst of the biggest fire in Florida’s history, and the loss of legions of cigar factories, amid the chaos, Angelina unexpectedly encounters Rolando and soon discovers the force of falling in love. Yet, her dreams are quickly shattered when her father ignores her desire to marry for love and promises her hand in an arranged marriage to an older man she dislikes.

This novel touches on every human emotion, love, joy, heartbreak, passion, and the unexpected. Only because those who lived this story have passed away and cannot testify, this novel is historical fiction and not simply historical fact.

With powerful insight and sensitivity, Sandra Montanino’s debut novel illuminates this long-ago story. She brings us a beautiful, warm, inspiring, yet heartbreakingly novel that celebrates the resilience of one girl. This is a novel for everyone and a tribute to those who lived through it all and those that told and retold their story.

I’d like to change my second if possible from Doc to A Rising Man.

Joseph wrote: "The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin"

I'll second this one :)

I will nominate This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger.

Alice wrote: "I will nominate The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
It is due out March 9th"

I second The Rose Code

Eileen wrote: "I'll second the nomination of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles"

We already read this.

The following books are coming off the list because we have already read them

A Gentleman in Moscow
Homegoing

I missed them because I've been checking the thread in my limited spare seconds today. I link the read shelf in the very first comment every time I create a new nomination thread. Please take a few minutes to glance over it before nominating a book. As mentioned several times before, moderators are volunteers. We don't have unlimited time. Things like this are done in our spare time and that time is wasted when group members can't take two seconds to help out by checking things like the group shelf or the nomination requirements.

Updated list
The Four Winds - 4 seconds
Yellow Crocus - 3 seconds
The Rose Code - 2 seconds
Doc - 1 second
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts -1 second
A Rising Man - 1 second
The Children's Blizzard - 1 second
The March
An Extraordinary Union
The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives: A Novel
----cut off-----
Lumen
The Eagle of the Ninth
Raphael, Painter in Rome
The Weight of Salt
This Tender Land

Disqualified Nominations
My Dear Hamilton
Big Orange Flying Dinner Plate
A Gentleman in Moscow
Homegoing

I second "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah

I second Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim

Jean wrote: "I nominate Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand"

This is non-fiction.

I second "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah

I second "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah

I nominated Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams