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Recommend me good books, please? <33


I am terribly craving for history books. And my mom also wants me to make a huge list of books, but I don't know what else to put there - I have so little, so far! And I really feel like reading, what, fifteen books from here to the end of summer!
I really want books that are related to the eras I like (and that this community has to do with). That is, Baroque, Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian eras, etc. I want books that are mostly about fashion and lifestyle of, but I also like good mystery, vampire, super-really-morbid and erotic novels that have to do with the eras I like. Since this community only has to do with the French revolution, I'd appreciate it if you recommended me any novel or book that has to do with it.
If you're knowledgeable in books and/or give me your input in this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Thank you so much!


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Fictional Interlude

[amie-de-rimbaud.livejournal.com]

Bonsoir citoyens--

I apologize for my lack of posts over the last few months. I have recently begun graduate school, which has sapped my energy almost completely (but it is great, I love it). I have been, however, checking this site periodically, and I have enjoyed reading the discussions although not having participated in them.

If you all remember, my revolutionary drug of choice is dear, dear Camille. This past summer, I was seriously dedicated to a certain project--of writing a novel about his life--which I started on, deeply in earnest. I completed a few chapters. Productivity has since tapered off, and, in conjunction with a sad realization that this project will never reach fruition (at least in the form of a straightforward Life of Camille), I have given it up almost entirely.

However, I am not displeased with some things that I have written, especially the first chapter, in which we find Camille at eleven years old, still trapped in Guise, on the brink of entering Louis-le-Grand on scholarship.

In any case, I posted this chapter (about 10 pp., single-spaced, Microsoft Word) in my journal, if you care to give it a read. I spent no little amount of time on it, so it should be worth your while, I should hope, at least for the language and style. Biographically, I was using Jacques Janssens’ brilliant text as my source of fact--the Prince of Condé episode is entirely rooted in truth (ear-pulling and all), while the Jean-Baptiste story is my own imaginative addition. I took pains to include all the Desmoulins family members, at least in passing.

Feedback would be appreciated, but mostly I just hope that you enjoy it.