#FridayBookShare is a game created by Shelley Wilson to help search for an ideal read.
Anyone can have a go – all you need to do is answer the following questions based on the book you are currently reading/finished reading this week and use the hashtag #FridayBookShare
First line of the book.
Recruit fans by adding the book blurb
Introduce the main character using only three words.
Delightful design (add the cover image of the book).
Audience appeal (who would enjoy reading this book?)
Your favourite line/scene.
I have long enjoyed http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.co.uk/ where a talented group of authors of historical fiction share their research. The book I would like to share with you today, is the first of two anthologies sharing a selection of its blog posts.
My choice of first line and favourite scene are from
The Power of a Red Dress by Anne O’Brien
First Line: Red, the colour of festivity and enjoyment, the colour of youth and beauty. Of seduction. The colour of sin……
Recruit fans by adding the blurb
A compilation of essays from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, this book provides a wealth of historical information from Roman Britain to early twentieth century England. Over fifty different authors share hundreds of real life stories and tantalizing tidbits discovered while doing research for their own historical novels.
From the first English word to Tudor ladies-in-waiting, from Regency dining and dress to Victorian crime and technology, immerse yourself in the lore of Great Britain. Read the history behind the fiction and discover the true tales surrounding England’s castles, customs, and kings.
Introduce the main character –The Wife of Bath was deceitful, entertaining and successful
Delightful Design
Audience appeal: Those with a natural curiosity about history
Your Favourite Scene
When my fourth husband lay upon his bier,
I wept enough and made but sorry cheer,
As wives must always, for it’s custom’s grace,
And with my kerchief covered up my face,
But since I was provided with a mate
I really wept but little, I may state.
If you want to join in, then answer the F.R.I.D.A.Y questions and use the Friday Book Share meme. Tag Shelley (@ShelleyWilson72) in, so she can read what you have added, too.
Lizanne lost in a good book 