Historical Fictionistas discussion

I especially looked for a historical fiction group after getting bitten by a Queen Victoria bug. LOL I watched The Young Victoria on DVD and now want to read about her life. Anybody has any good recommendations? I know Jean Plaidy has written some books on her, but any other authors?

Thanks!

She does make an appearance in Soulless by Gail Carriger, but the book isn't ABOUT her. :P

(It's a great book though, if you like cross-genre supernatural stories...)

And welcome to the group, if you haven't already been welcomed!

There's "Queen Victoria, Vampire Hunter", not sure the author and I am sure the original story would be really skewd.

Becky wrote: "And welcome to the group, if you haven't already been welcomed!"

Thanks! And Soulless is on my TBR! :) Just don't know when I'll get 'round to it.

Jayme wrote: "There's "Queen Victoria, Vampire Hunter", not sure the author and I am sure the original story would be really skewd."

I'm sure! So I don't think I'll pick it up.

I have been bitten by the Queen Victoria bug as well after watching The Young Victoria! I have several Queen Victoria books on my TBR list, one is Victoria's Daughtersby Jerrold M. Packardand another one is Jean Plaidy's Victoria Victorious. There are several more out there, but these are just two I could think of right off the top of my mind!

I ran across this blog entry a few days ago. The site's author has pulled together a nice list of fiction about royal marriages, including Victoria and Albert. It looks like all of the books she lists for Victoria are Plaidy books, with the addition of the one from the YA series "The Royal Diaries".

One that I have is Her Little Majesty: The Life of Queen Victoria by Carolly Erickson. I haven't read it yet though so I can't say if it's good or not. I also have Victoria's Daughters (mentioned by Anna) and am excited to read that one at some point :)

Anna wrote: "I have been bitten by the Queen Victoria bug as well after watching The Young Victoria! I have several Queen Victoria books on my TBR list, one is Victoria's Daughtersby [author:Jerr..."

This sounds interesting. Thanks for the suggestion.

Everything on this list I've read (except the three I indicate) and all of them are enjoyable reads.

Fiction:
A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter
The Wild Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Defiant Daughter
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria
The Captive of Kensington Palace
The Queen and Lord M
The Queen's Husband
The Widow of Windsor
Victoria and Albert
I, Victoria Have not read this one
Victoria Have not read this one
Victoria Rebels Have not read this one

Nonfiction
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria's Children
Queen Victoria's Granddaughters 1860-1918
Victoria: An Intimate Biography

The Wild Princess sounds interesting.