The History Book Club discussion

UPDATED LIST

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1. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian - 13 votes - BOOK DISCUSSION - COMPLETE

2. The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough - 10 votes - COMPLETE

3. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara - 9 votes - This book discussion is COMPLETE - THREADS ARE NOW ARCHIVED IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR DISCUSSION SEGMENT

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4. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester - 8 votes - COMPLETE

5. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque - 7 votes - COMPLETE

6. by Mark Twain - 5 votes - COMPLETE

7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - 5 votes - COMPLETE

8. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak - 5 votes - COMPLETE

9. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber - 5 votes

10. The Persian Boy by Mary Renault - 5 votes

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11. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - 4 votes

12. The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great by Steven Pressfield - 4 votes

13. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - 4 votes

14. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik - 4 votes

15. Creation: A Novel by Gore Vidal - 4 votes

16. Alaska by James A. Michener - 4 votes

17. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield - 3 votes

18. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson - 3 votes

19. Burr by Gore Vidal - 3 votes

20. Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts - 3 votes

21. Men of Iron by Howard Pyle - 3 votes

22. The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter - 3 votes

23. Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor - 3 votes

24. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke - 3 votes

25. Possession by A.S. Byatt - 3 votes

26. Arundel by Kenneth Roberts - 3 votes

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27. Rob Roy by Walter Scott - 2 votes

28. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 2 votes

29. The Lively Lady by Kenneth Lewis Roberts - 2 votes

30. Julian by Gore Vidal - 2 votes

31. Lincoln by Gore Vidal - 2 votes

32. I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves - 2 votes

33. Freedom by William Safire - 2 votes

34. A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss - 2 votes

35. Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds - 2 votes

36. The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge - 2 votes

37. The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield - 2 votes

38. The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson - 2 votes

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39. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes - 1 vote

40. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott - 1 vote

41. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace - 1 vote

42. The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff - 1 vote

43. Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem - 1 vote

44. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck - 1 vote

45. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles - 1 vote

46. Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts - 1 vote

47. Space by James A. Michener - 1 vote

UPDATED: AUGUST 20, 2010 - INCLUDED HISTORICAL FICTION POLLS A, B, C, D

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All of the rest (a - l) have zero votes but have been placed at least once on a poll. I am not numbering them until they have at least one vote nor am I providing links; because I will need to move around the list with the next polls.

a) Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier - 0 votes
b) Richard II by William Shakespeare - 0 votes
c) The Cid by Pierre Corneille - 0 votes
d) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 0 votes
e) Killing Rommel: A Novel by Steven Pressfield - 0 votes
f) The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault - 0 votes
g) Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault - 0 votes
h) Texas by James Michener - 0 votes
i) Citizen Washington by William Martin - 0 votes
j) The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis - 0 votes
k) Dissolution by C. J. Sansom - 0 votes
l) Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold - 0 votes