Query

[Johanna Rubba]

Hello!
I'm writing to ask for recommendations for a pleasure-reading list of
books that are set in various periods over the history of English (e.g.
books set on the continent in pre-invasion times; books set in the Old,
Middle, and Early Modern English periods). I'm looking specifically for
pleasure-reading type books that have lots of detail on daily life in
those periods -- historical fiction, etc.; not necessarily Great Literature.

Ones I'm aware of are Mary Stewart's three novels about Merlin. There is
also a novel told from Grendel's point of view**, but I don't recall the
title/author. And I recently read what turned out to be a romance set in
Germany in the times of the Roman Empire. Stuff like that.

**I think this one qualifies as literature.

I will post a summary of responses.

Thanks!
Johanna
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Johanna Rubba   Assistant Professor, Linguistics              ~
English Department, California Polytechnic State University   ~
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407                                     ~
Tel. (805)-756-2184  E-mail: jrubba at oboe.aix.calpoly.edu      ~
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