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The Luminaries. Very enjoyable, I really like Catton's style. After that one you can get going on The Secret

:agree: A good one.

How are his books, in general? I have Lords of the North on audiobook, but only because Richard reads it.

Not if you like medieval things, it isn't :P I've read some of a Rome one, and it wasn't overly to my taste, style-wise, but I'll give it another go.

I've not read the Mongol series myself, I am the opposite of you it would seem in that I prefer medieval-Renaissance historical fiction. J had told me about the Caesar/Brutus change, and that was what made me wonder if his changes might not annoy me too much :) I might get him this one at some...

How does Iggulden treat the Wars of the Roses, is it any good? My boyfriend is a big fan of his Rome books, and thought the Mongol ones were okay. I can't bring myself to read it as J told me he does take historical liberties that are a bit too much sometimes. I'm a big Edward IV/Richard III...

A part of me wants to read it so I can intelligently talk about it, but then I'd have to read it. - - - Updated - - - I hadn't seen that :lol:

Maybe give it some time as you've just read it. But Christopher Lee is in it too, it's good fun.

:agree: Radio 4.

:tup: There's a great radio version that was on recently with James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch that's well worth a listen.

It really is. An excellent book, it came to life even more once Margarita was introduced.

I love that book so hard.

It's great stuff, and I have learned a lot. My Russian history/culture is not very good, so I imagine there are a lot of references that are lost on me.

I'm almost done :D

The Master and Margarita, which I should have read years ago.

Good choice!

Ah, the freedom to read again. Currently working on Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, then I might read American Psycho or Glamorama, I have yet to decide.

That was a good book, we read it in high school.

HHhH by Laurent Binet. Pretty good so far, it's written from the point of view of the author as he tries to write a novel based around the life of Reinhard Heydrich.

Indeed. I can't read for extended periods of time on Kindle/Internet/whatever. It loses its personality.