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[tsukidelacroix.livejournal.com]

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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[tomboy-typist.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately not really much to do with the French Revolution, but The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber, is a delicious faux-victorian novel set in the Edwardian era. There are a lot of depictions of clothes and of lifestyle throughout various echelons of society.

I know it's a very common pick, but did you ever pick up Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel? (This one is definitely French Revolution related, at least, with a Royalist take on the events.)

Alexandre Dumas' Twenty Years Later deals with events preceding the French Revolution. Chanderlos de Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons deals with that period as well and is heavily centered on lifestyle and intrigue.

Off the top of my head, that's all I can come up with. I hope this is helpful.

[elwen-rhiannon.livejournal.com]

"Alexandre Dumas' Twenty Years Later deals with events preceding the French Revolution"

I think you should add: MUCH preceding...