 | Katherine by Anya Seton
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.84 The love story of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt , and one of the first historical novels I ever read. Yes, Seton takes a few liberties with the historical facts, but wonderful for all that.
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 | Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Buy used from: £14.01 As Lymond's story comes to a breathtaking conclusion, I was on the edge of my seat and couldn't read quickly enough. A superb conclusion to an excellent series.
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 | Pawn in Frankincense: The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Buy used from: £10.17 The race to find Lymond's son. The dramatic climax to this book is almost unbearable and I still haven't been able to re-read it. Extraordinary and excellent.
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 I know I'm not the only person by a million miles who can read and re-read this fairly slender book with so much pleasure.
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 | These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.25 Possibly my favourite Georgette Heyer - her usual meticulous historical eye and ear for detail, with a terrific mystery plot and a terribly attractive anti-hero.
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 | Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Thackeray
Buy new: £6.02 / Used from: £0.39 A whole stage of brilliantly-drawn characters - not just Becky Sharp!
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 | Persuasion (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £4.21 / Used from: £0.94 Equal here with Emma and Sense and Sensibility - I just can't choose between them, but I do love the re-emergence of Anne Elliot after the years in which she has faded into the background.
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 | Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy used from: £0.01 One of the first historical novels (along with Katherine) that I read, so largely here out of sentiment, but I do still love it and, come to think of it, it's far too long since I read it last!
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 | Venetia by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £1.40 Well, obviously this one's in the list because of Damerel - absolutely irresistable! But I like many of the other characters too.
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