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A Merry Read an Bonney - Reading Suggestions

I like the idea of broadening it, yes!

Sir Christopher, your mentioning the Aztecs made me think of the marvelous book by Gary Jennings entitled AZTEC. I know, I've mentioned Jennings before... His Aztec book is fiction based on fact - and a thoroughly interesting read - following a young Aztec boy as he grows up to manhood and sees his people subverted by the Spanish Conquistadors. HUGE book, but well worth the read - and the ending... Well... I think that's what I remember most about the book - how this young Aztec, now an old man (who has been narrating the book to a Spanish scribe) comes to his own end... Whew...

EXCELLENT read... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Originally posted by (Lady) CatalinaThePirate

...the marvelous book by Gary Jennings entitled AZTEC.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Well that one is going to have to get onto my "yet to read" list. I've always been fascinated by the conquest of the Aztecs, (along with a bunch of other people who's names are hard to spell and defy pronounciation,) but (typically) I have been interested in it from the point of view of the Europeans, looks like I'm due for some perspective broadenation. (Nothing like making up a new word.)

I've been going back and forth a bit about broadening the thread's scope; on one hand, <b><u>Candide</u></b>, by Voltaire deals in parts with piracy and maybe someone who wouldn't have considered reading it might give it a try, (It's funny and dirty, I don't know anyone who doesn't like that.) (It's also here: <a href="http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/" target="_blank">http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/</a> ) however, there are so many adventure books that I would like to recommend, the Dumas books, Sabbatini's, (I, personally, am no longer willing to lend out my copy of <b><u>The Prince of Foxes</u></b>, by Samuel Shellabarger, because over time I've had to buy three copies to replace the ones I've let people borrow.) that it would be wrong to confine the topic exclusivley to the subject of Piracy.

Of course the minute I think of this I recall the pirate book, <b><u>The Pyrates</u></b>, by George MacDonald Fraser, I think I may have had too high of expectations when I read this book, because I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. If you are looking for an enjoyable read that doesn't ask too much of you in return you might warm up to it. If you are looking for something funny, I would recommend reading Fred Bob's thread, Funny thangs ya kin do in POTC, over this book, Fred Bob's and Catalina's insights provoke more laughter than anything that Pyrates, does. Maybe I'm being harsh, but I prefer my pirate stories to be a little more dashing.
 
Fraser's Flashman stuff was better, IMHO.

Pirate `tie-in` to a book I mentioned elsewhere, "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. This book is a total hoot - nothing REALLY to do with piracy except that the main character for a time is dressed as a pirate while peddling hot dogs from a tin "weenie cart" in New Orleans... But if you like odd characters and even more unusual situations, WHEW, this book is FULL of them... Funny, alarming, sad, mad (insane), this Pullitzer `prize-winning` book is an incredible tragicomic character study.

Ignatius J. Reilly, a `30-year`-old sarcastic, overweight, and thoroughly obnoxious Medieval scholar, lives with his ageing, sweet, and `well-meaning` kindly old mother in New Orleans, in the early '60s. No one understands Ignatius, he is (to his mind) a genius, spewing all sorts of brilliant yet nonsensical vitriol onto tablets of paper (usually with crayon) that are stacked all over his completely messy room. He is rude, demanding, and nasty at times, and yet you oddly enjoy him - his bombastic theatrics are compelling and the absurd situations he gets into are riveting. All you keep thinking when you read this book is "WHAT NEXT?!"

After creating a problem which causes his mother to get into a car wreck, Reilly is pushed out of the house by his mother, who has to pay off damages resulting from this accident. She urges Ignatius to get a real job or else face never having enough money for his beloved Dr. Nut drinks and his `cream-filled` pastries. So off he trudges, the "working boy" seeking employment.

Reilly's escapades as a working man who never works are simply hilarious. His first job is at the Levy Pants factory, where he files away papers by throwing them in the garbage, ignores his boss, and befriends an elderly senile employee named Miss Trixie (who just wants to retire but is also misunderstood and still has a job, even though she cannot remember her own name). When he is fired from that job, Reilly finds work as a hot dog vendor, pushing a tin hot `dog-shaped` cart through downtown New Orleans, dressed in a pirate's costume. He sells few hot dogs, preferring to eat them and courageously deny anyone else the indigestion. When his boss asks where the money is for all the hot dogs that are gone, Ignatius declares he was robbed at gunpoint. When his boss expresses incredulity (who would want to rob a hot dog vendor of twelve hot dogs?), Ignatius smartly quips, "The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?"

Aside from Reilly's escapades, there are numerous `sub-plots` involving the folks at Levy Pants, a militant group of gay rights activists who are all totally different and equally outrageous, a bumbling patrol officer who is hated by his captain and gets into stranger situations than he ever thought possible when he is put on "undercover assignment" wearing odd costumes everywhere (no one on the street in New Orleans thinks this is unusual, and they all know he's a cop). Then there's the `non-talented` exotic dancer (and her parrot) who thinks she has talent anyhow, working for a real dragon lady of a woman who is peddling soft core porn to minors, and the whole thing being watched through smoky dark glasses by possibly the only sane person in the book, Jones - the "Negroe workin' for below minimal wage" (his words) first as a janitor and then as a doorman for the dragon lady to keep himself from being arrested for being a "vagran". Jones is wickedly funny, and almost steals the book away from Ignatius.

Not to mention Ignatius's preoccupation with his VALVE (you have to read it to believe it). "WHOOA", as Jones would say. "Dat be some strange dude, de cat in de green huntin' cap (Reilly)."

Excellent read. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Lady Catalina, that has to count as one of the best `tie-ins` that I have seen, and the picture in my head of the character in the book, who has to wear a pirate costume while he's selling hot dogs is strong prompter to make me finally read this book; <b><u>The Confederacy of Dunces.</u></b>

So many people have recommended that book to me that I think I have secretly put it off, so I can claim that I discovered this book on my own, but it is on the list and I will get to it eventually. I am still enjoying the Patrick O'Brian Master and Commander series, (let's face it, I'm addicted.) and I have eleven books left before I get to read them for the second time. People who are familiar with these books may recognise an occasional phrase that I have borrowed (stolen) from these books to color my postings on the PA site.

One of the main reasons I wanted to open the thread for all types of fiction and `non-fiction` books, is because I wanted to list one of my favorite books of all time, <b><u>Chicot the Jester</u></b> by Alexandre Dumas, which is more of an adventure story or a romance than a pirate story.

The setting for the book is Paris in the reign of Henri III, and it is full of swordfights, court intrigues, and dialouge that has caused me to laugh out loud on public transportation. ( to the consternation of my fellow passengers) Friends that I have recommended the book to have found it slow in the beginning, but after I have harangued them about it for long enough, most of them have told me it was a very enjoyable read. I will let you make up your own mind about this because you can obtain the text here:

<a href="http://www.knowledgerush.com/paginated_txt/etext05/7chic10/7chic10_txttoc.html" target="_blank">http://www.knowledgerush.com/paginated_txt...c10_txttoc.html</a>
 
Cool! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> Thank you, Sir Christopher! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
<b>With another King Arthur movie coming up soon...</b>

Don't get me wrong, I have always enjoyed King Arthur stories, but with the movie that is currently coming up I can't help but feel that I am going to be asking the question I usually ask whenever I see a new movie of book based upon the King Arthur stories, "Why did they bother?"
The upcoming King Arthur movie has actors that I like in it, it looks to be an action packed film with lot's o' swordplay and things "that blow'ed up real good," this doesn't look to be a movie that I will have to concentrate very hard to get the full experience from, so why am I apathetic? This is mostly because as part of the advertising they are indicating that this movie will provide an insight into the "real" King Arthur.

I have seen so many books, most of them fairly recent, i.e. the last twenty years or so, and when I worked in a bookstore it seemed that a new one came out every couple of months. I am usually willing to give a book that claims to be based on the Arthurian legend a try, so I have read a lot of them. Most of them seek to tell the "real" story of what occurred in the Camelot of King Arthur and his noble knights, and almost all of them have provided no unique insight or retelling of the tale in any way at all, leading me again to ask why they bothered to put word to paper at all.

That's enough gloom and doom, The good news is that there are a number of, what I believe to be, worthwhile books that do exciting and original things with the King Arthur legend, and you could probably use the money you would save from not seeing a "blockbuster" King Arthur, to obtain a copy of a book you might treasure.

1. <b><u>The Once and Future King </u></b> by T.H. White, the only thing I ever heard anyone say against this book was that they were disturbed by the extraordinary number of anachronisms within it. To that I say, "If they can't take a joke, F*ck 'em." This book really creates magic and the experience of reading it can cast a charm that you can carry with you for the rest of your life.

2. <b><u>The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights : From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory & Other Sources,</u></b> by John Steinbeck is a great example of someone telling the "real" story behind the Arthurian legend because Steinbeck does not deviate far from Mallory while providing perspective, not unlike drawings of the Middle Ages versus drawing done during the Renaissance, that brings the figures in the story fully to life. The only sad thing is that Steinbeck was never able to complete this book, and I'm sorry to report that it only takes you thru to about the middle of the saga.

3. <b><u>The Idylls of the Queen </u></b> by Phyllis Ann Karr, This is what I would consider to be one of the most ingenious ideas for the retelling of the King Arthur stories; a murder mystery story format that follows to the letter the material in Le Morte D'Artur, by Mallory. All of the motivations for murder surrounding and contributing to an incident, a very small incident in fact, are taken advantage of to tell a really marvelous story, that is especially exciting in how it remains true to the original text.

4. The Cliff's Notes for Le Morte D'Artur, this may seem a little unusual choice, but I happened to start flipping thru this book and was really impressed with it. One of the things it did was outline the various factions that made up the Round Table, i.e. the Orkney Clan and the members of Lancelot's family, and it illustrated how the rivalries between the various factions contributed to the eventual breaking of the table. It's also a handy little item for keeping track of all of the players. In Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, it takes a number of days for one character to successfully tell another character in the book the answer to the question, "Who were those guys?"
This book would have been handy for the Boss, it provides identification without having to lay an involved foundation.

Before I mount my palfrey and ride away with my `lady-fair`, here are some N.C. Wyeth illustrations from <b><u>The Boy's King Arthur</u></b>

<a href="http://www.gandolf.com/graphics/arthur/boys_king_arthur/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.gandolf.com/graphics/arthur/boy...hur/index.shtml</a>
 
Wyeth was such a wonderful illustrator! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />

One of the most interesting books I have ever read about "Camelot" was a book about excavating a castle that was reportedly Arthur's castle... It dealt with the excavations, of course, but it also had some historical insight into why some people thought it might be "THE" Camelot -

"Cadbury / Camelot" - Excavations at Cadbury Castle, 1966-'70. by Leslie Alcock. <-- stupid censor! The last name is `Alco-ck` (no hyphen)... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blah:" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

I liked the book because of all the wonderful dig diagrams and artifact pictures - but the book in itself would probably be mostly boring for someone who wasn't into archaeology.

Here are a couple of interesting links regarding Cadbury Castle:

<a href="http://www.britannia.com/history/cadcast.html" target="_blank">http://www.britannia.com/history/cadcast.html</a>
<a href="http://www.`time-scapes`.co.uk/Arthur%20in%20the%20Southwest/cadburycastle.html" target="_blank">http://www.`time-scapes`.co.uk/Art...burycastle.html</a>
 
Is that near Colchester? I've never understood why people don't think that<b>Camoludunum </b> , the Roman name for the town of Colchester, isn't the site of <b>Camelot</b>, the names are so similar it seems sort of an obvious association.

I better check out your links and see what they say. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />
 
Possibly under the influence of trying to drink thru my nose this weekend, I agreed to write a report for the PA Site on Sir Francis Drake. To get a good start on it I am `re-reading` my copy of <b><u>Sir Francis Drake, </u></b>
by John Sugden, which I very much enjoyed the first time I read it, and I am looking forward to reading it again. Since the time I read this book I was able to see the replica of Drakes' most famous ship, the Golden Hind, and when you see how small the ship actually was, it gives you’re a greater sense of respect for the second European to circumnavigate the globe. I'm going to be snooping on the internet to see if I can find any good images for my report, but I would appreciate any links that anyone,(Catalina, or should I say Hermione?) has already got.

`Southwark-golden`-hinde.jpg


Here' a link to the Golden Hind Museum:
<a href="http://www.goldenhinde.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.goldenhinde.co.uk/</a>
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock:" border="0" alt="icon_eek.gif" /> Hermione! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

I have on my list of `not-quite`-dead projects to do a skin for POTC of Sir Francis Drake... It might be fun to have the Golden Hind as a ship too!

Yes, she was small... Incredible to undertake a long ocean voyage in a ship like that...

That said... Here are some good links:

<a href="http://www.sirfrancisdrakehistory.net/" target="_blank">http://www.sirfrancisdrakehistory.net/</a>
<a href="http://www.legends.dm.net/pirates/drake.html" target="_blank">http://www.legends.dm.net/pirates/drake.html</a>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figu...e_francis.shtml</a>
<a href="http://www.whalecove.com/drake2.html" target="_blank">http://www.whalecove.com/drake2.html</a>
<a href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conWebDoc/contentId/140/navId/00500300f005" target="_blank">http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTempl...Id/00500300f005</a>
<a href="http://www.mariner.org/age/drake.html" target="_blank">http://www.mariner.org/age/drake.html</a>
<a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/`1580Pretty-drake`.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1580Pre...drake`.html</a>

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> That ought to keep ya busy for about a half an hour! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
Hey, if the wand fits Lady Cat. Please take my remark as a compliment, `back-handed` though it may appear. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

Thanks for the links, I've read the reports on the site and I want to turn one in that's at least half as good as those, and this will certainly help me achieve that goal. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pirate2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p:" border="0" alt="pirate2.gif" />
 
I keep looking at my sig and thinking of Beezus Quimby... Hermione, hahaha... No offense taken, Sir Christopher, I just thought it was funny.

Happy to be able to help! I should drag out that Drake skin and complete it someday soon, then you could have an illustration! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />
 
I wasn't worried Lady Cat, but be sure to let me know if anything I say does annoy you, It is never my intention to do it purposefully, but it could certainly happen by accident..

Not familiar with Beezus Quimby, Lady Cat, please advise.

I think if you finish the skin for Drake, who kind of resembles the Portuguese Governor, to me anyways, then I'll have to animate him so he can give a guided tour of my report.

I'm actually thinking it might be fun to write the report in the manner of a legal complaint, filed by the King of Spain against Drake, for all the trouble he caused him, and that lists all the particulars of Drake's actions against the Kingdom of Spain. What do you think?
 
Sir Chris, pardon if'n Fred Bob might be interjectin'... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" /> Beezus as in "Beezus an' Ramona", "Henry an' Beezus", "Henry an' Ribsy", etc! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
Interject at will, my good man! Your interjections and insights have served me well time and time again.

I was more of a Homer Price and Encyclopedia Brown man, myself, but Cleary, I'll have to check those out. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
They're delightful... And obviously memorable, haha! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
Just finished a book some of you might like called "Tracks In The Sea," by Chester G. Hearn. It is about the mapping of the oceans by Matthew Fontaine Maury (the father of modern navigation and ocean science). The book tells how Maury during the period 1842 to 1861 transformed the oceans into highways marked by dependable winds and currents.
 
That sounds great, Meigger. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

Looks like Hearn has a number of books out, I just might have to go and read some of them, starting with Tracks in the Sea. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
I was inclining towards leting this thread sink down to Davy, but I've noticed the number of views keeps going up, so I'm thinking that there are pirates out there looking for some good reading material. To that end I have put together a list of the fictional works that I have read and anjoyed, and where I could find one I put in a link to the text of the book itself. This will give you a chance to sample it out before you make a commitment to purchase. Again, I limited my choices to fictional works, hope you enjoy them.
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" /> <b>Piracy, Sailing and Swashbuckling Adventure 101</b> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" />

<u>Piracy</u>
<b>Rafael Sabatini: </b>
<i>Captain Blood</i>
<a href="http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/sabatini/cpbld11.html" target="_blank">http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/sabatini...ni/cpbld11.html</a>
<i>Captain Blood Returns
The Further Adventures of Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk</i>
<a href="http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/sabatini/seahk10.html" target="_blank">http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/sabatini...ni/seahk10.html</a>
<b>Tim Powers</b>
<i>On Stranger Tides</i>
<b>John Steinbeck:</b>
<i>Cup of Gold</i>
(I'm certain that someone is asking themselves,"Where's Treasure Isalnd, or Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stephenson? Well, to be perfectly honest, I've never read them. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />: )

<u>Sailing</u>
<b>Richard Henry Dana Jr.:</b>
<i>Two Years Before the Mast</i>
<a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2055" target="_blank">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbi...lookup?num=2055</a>
<b>Joseph Conrad:</b>
<i>Nostromo</i>
<a href="http://www.`online-literature`.com/conrad/nostromo/" target="_blank">http://www.`online-literature`.com/conrad/nostromo/</a>
<i>The Heart of Darkness</i>
<a href="http://www.`online-literature`.com/conrad/heart_of_darkness/" target="_blank">http://www.`online-literature`.com...rt_of_darkness/</a>
<i>Lord Jim</i>
<a href="http://www.`online-literature`.com/conrad/lord_jim/" target="_blank">http://www.`online-literature`.com/conrad/lord_jim/</a>

<u>Swashbuckling Adventure</u>
<b>Alexandre Dumas:</b>
<i>The Three Musketeers</i>
<a href="http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Dumas/Musketeers/" target="_blank">http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Dumas/Musketeers/</a>
<i>The Vicomte de Bragelonne</i>
<a href="http://www.`online-literature`.com/dumas/vicomte_bragelonne/" target="_blank">http://www.`online-literature`.com...mte_bragelonne/</a>
<i>Twenty Years After</i>
<a href="http://www.`online-literature`.com/dumas/twenty_years/" target="_blank">http://www.`online-literature`.com...s/twenty_years/</a>
<i>The Count of Monte Cristo</i>
<a href="http://www.`online-literature`.com/dumas/cristo/" target="_blank">http://www.`online-literature`.com/dumas/cristo/</a>
<i>Chicot The Jester</i>
<a href="http://www.knowledgerush.com/paginated_txt/etext05/7chic10/7chic10_txttoc.html" target="_blank">http://www.knowledgerush.com/paginated_txt...c10_txttoc.html</a>
<b>William Goldman:</b>
<i>The Princess Bride</i>
<b>Samuel Shellabarger:</b>
<i>The Captain From Castile</i>
<i>The Prince of Foxes</i>
<b>Edmond Rostand:</b>
<i>Cyrano De Bergerac</i>
<a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1254" target="_blank">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbi...lookup?num=1254</a>
<b>Tim Powers:</b>
<i>The Stress of Her Regard</i>
<b>Patrick O'Brian:</b>
<i>The Entire Master and Commander series</i> (I'm only on Volume 10, but...)
<b>Umberto Eco:</b>
<i>The Island of the Day Before</i>
<b>Voltaire:</b>
<i>Candide</i>
<a href="http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/" target="_blank">http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/</a>
<b>Rafael Sabatini:</b>
<i>Scaramouche</i>
<a href="http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/sabatini/scmsh10.html" target="_blank">http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/sabatini...ni/scmsh10.html</a>
 
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