European Royalty discussion

***ANCIENT HISTORY / LEGENDS***

***PRE-1000, ANY COUNTRY, FICTION OR NON-FICTION***


Okay everyone, it's that time of the month - time to nominate! Anyone who would like to nominate ONE book may do so in this thread.

The theme this month is ANCIENT HISTORY / LEGENDS (pre-1000, any country, fiction or non-fiction). Yes, we had this general theme at the beginning of the year, but there were some great books nominated, so I figured we'd give it another go! The 1000 date isn't set in stone - I just picked it so people have some sort of time frame. Your book can also jump between time periods (say between ancient and modern times) or start during the ancient times and continue beyond 1000. I threw in the legends so people could feel free to nominate books on King Arthur, etc.

If you want to see if we have already read a book you are thinking of nominating, just look at the sections where we discuss the books (E. Royalty Monthly Group Read and History Monthly Group Read). The very first thread under each of those sections lists all the books we have read as a group (Books We Have Read as a Group).

Please try to check amazon or some other site to make sure the book is easily available - the last thing we want is to nominate some great book that no one can get! If you nominate more than ONE book, only the first book listed will make it into the voting thread (so save additional books for the next months!). Also, if the book doesn't fit the theme, I won't add it to this month's voting list, but I will carry it over to the next theme that it does fit under if you would like.

Feel free to nominate one book of your choice in this thread until July 19th, 9pm Eastern.

At around that time, I'll make a voting poll and list all the nominated books in it, and people can vote in the poll until the poll closes (set to last through July 23rd). Discussion will start on September 1st.

Happy Nominating!

Laura, your previous nomination of The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf would work here, so I'll include it (unless you'd like to nominate something else of course).

thanks Sara, lets keep it now.

I'll nominate Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf (my add book pop up is not working at the moment).

I'll nominate Helen of Troy by Margaret George! Helen of Troy

I am not sure if I can nominate because I just joined the group. If I can I would like to nominate The Memoirs of Cleopatra also by Margaret George.

So many good books already!

I'm throwing another Arthurian book into the mix and am nominating The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Amanda wrote: "I'll nominate Helen of Troy by Margaret George! Helen of Troy"

Good one! I've got this one earmarked for a challenge going on this fall :)

Danielle wrote: "I am not sure if I can nominate because I just joined the group. If I can I would like to nominate The Memoirs of Cleopatra also by Margaret George."

Of course you can! :)

Tina wrote: "So many good books already!

I'm throwing another Arthurian book into the mix and am nominating The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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ooooh, that's a good one!!

OMG, time just got away from me!

Nominating is closed! I'll get a voting poll up soon!