Historical Fictionistas discussion

Because I don't want to worry about nominations over the summer, we're going to do a 2-for-1 nomination for July and August.

For this round of nominations, nominations need to include two books. One non-fiction and a related fiction. Nominations also need to include a brief sentence tying the two books together.
For example - The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones (non-fiction) and The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman - Both of these books deal with the Wars of the Roses in England.

Reminders
ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE MUST BE MET FOR A NOMINATION TO COUNT
ALL MEMBERS GET ONE NOMINATION AND ONE SECOND - Please clearly mark when you second a book. Extra comments about books are not necessary. It gets difficult for the moderators to keep track when the thread gets cluttered with extra chatter.
NOMINATIONS MUST INCLUDE TITLE AND AUTHOR TO BE COUNTED - In this instance, nominations need to include two titles and two authors.
BOOKS IN A SERIES MUST BE READ IN ORDER - If we haven't read books 1-4 as group reads, you can't nominate book 5.
NO SELF-NOMINATIONS- Warnings will not be issued. The comment will be deleted and the member removed from the group.
The complete breakdown of the nomination process can be found here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please, please, please double check our past reads shelf before submitting your nomination. We've read a lot.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Voice for the Mad: The Life of Dorothea Dix
by David L. Gollaher (non-fiction) and....
One Glorious Ambition: The Compassionate Crusade of Dorothea Dix- by Jane Kirkpatrick
Both of these books deal with one woman's crusade in the 19th century to provide humane treatment for the mentally ill, and the intellectually challenged.

I nominate From Fall to Spring by Ingrid Leksand

And

Farewell Shiraz:An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile by Cyrus Kadivar
Islamic Revolution in Iran

I nominate:
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II by Jan Jarboe Russell

and

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner

Both are about the Crystal City, Texas family internment camp and the prisoner exchange program with Germany & Japan during WWII

I nominate Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides and King Rat by James Clavell.

[title: Farewell Shiraz] by Cyrus Kadivar

I know it's still early but I'm going to second "The Life of Dorothea Dix" by David L. Gollaher and "One Glorious Ambition: The Compassionate Crusade of Dorothea Dix" by Jane Kirkpatrick. Both sound great and anything having to do with mental illness, women and the early history of the two is right up my alley!

I nominate The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Everyone making nominations needs to make sure they are including all THREE nomination requirements in their nomination post.

The reply feature seems to be glitchy right now so I'm not able to reply to individual comments. If your nomination doesn't end up on any of the "up to this point" list, it's more than likely missing one of the three required elements.

I nominate:

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century, by Joel F. Harrington (non-fiction)

and

The Hangman's Daughter, by Oliver Pötzsch (fiction)

They're both about 16th-17th Century German executioners.

I nominate: The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin Fiction Version

Both books have the same title one is non fiction the other is a fictional account of what happened that dreadful day in Jan. 1888
when a freak snowstorm gripped the Dakota's, threatening hundreds especially children.

Non-fiction: The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin

I nominate two books about the famous writers known as "The Lost Geneartion" in Paris during the Jazz Age.
Fiction - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain from the point of view of Hadley Richardson, Heminway's wife.
Non-Fiction -Ernest Hemingway's memoir of the age - A Moveable Feast.

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

“We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.”

Kirsten wrote: "I nominate The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss and The Count of Monte Cristo..."

Ooh, I'll second those two!!

I would like to nominate;
Song of the Cuckoo Bird by Amulya Malladi (fiction choice) and
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (non-fiction choice)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The world is watching and mourning for the covid crisis in India, I wanted to nominate two set in the beautiful country of India.

I also second the Monte Cristo books!

I
Second a Moveable Feast and the Paris Wife

I second The Paris Wife snd A Moveable Feast

I will third or forth count of monte cristo books

I will second The Count of Monte Cristo] and The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo.... Both books are on my to-read list !

I nominate The Lost Wisdom of the Magi by Susie Helme https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... and The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... both about the Jewish rebellion against Rome in 66-70CE.

Okay, I will go for the Count of Monte Cristo, too!!! And Beloved by Toni Morrison.

I nominate:

Fiction: Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly.

Non-Fiction: Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred by Thomas Gallagher.

Both books are about the Potato Famine in Ireland.

Aurora wrote: "I will third or forth count of monte cristo books"

Yes! I have never read them. One of the few childhood series I seem to have missed.

I second Galway Bay and Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred

I'm holding off on putting together the normal list of poll books so far. At this point, all of the nominations will make any poll. If this changes, I will be sure to put together a list so we can all see where the nominations are at.

I second The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II by Jan Jarboe Russell and The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner