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“The thing about somebody else's car was, it was automatically an all-terrain vehicle.”
― Joe Country
― Joe Country

“The first piece of advice I would give any writer is to read a lot and to read widely. Firstly you start to realize what’s out there and what isn’t out there. Publishers are looking for stories that haven’t been told before. Reading other people can also improve your own writing. I love reading poetry even though I wouldn’t think of writing it. A great poet can say in two lines what it takes me a whole novel to express. If I’ve learned from any kind of writing, it’s poetry � and the lesson is concision. What can you leave out and the reader will still get the message?”
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“rather split his trousers than an infinitive.”
― The Harry Palmer Quartet
― The Harry Palmer Quartet

“Team Carter, ready to roll.”
― The Recruiter
― The Recruiter
“... history is a fog, a fog of uncertainty. The deeper one peers into it, the murkier and more uncertain the fog becomes. The instant an event has transpired and begins receding into the past it becomes vulnerable to memory and interpretation..”
― The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada and the End of the Norsemen
― The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada and the End of the Norsemen

A place to talk about all royals from every corner of the world and from all moments in history, fiction or non-fiction; real or imaginary. Discuss ev ...more

This is a group for anyone who enjoys fiction and non-fiction books about European royalty and history in general. We have a wide variety of discussio ...more

Anyone who enjoys historical fiction or history books about Tudor England will like this group. Whether you have been all the way to England just to t ...more

where people can talk about anything and everything Medieval from known historical figures to life and times of the period to favorite authors of the ...more

This book group reads nonfiction books on various topics in medieval European history, both academic and popular history. Group reads can last from on ...more
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