Summary: Acting MCPL Director Anita Vassallo and Outreach Associate Sarah Mecklenburg share their love of historical fiction and recommended books they've enjoyed.

Recording Date: July 11, 2018

Guests: Anita Vassallo is the Acting Director of MCPL. Sarah Mecklenburg is a member of MCPL's Outreach team. Both are enthusiastic readers of historical fiction.

Hosts: Julie Dina and David Payne

What Our Guests Are Reading:

Anita Vassallo: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett, third book in the Kingsbridge series. The first book in the series is Pillars of the Earth, the second is World Without End. Circe by Madeline Miller. Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford.

Sarah Mecklenburg: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, third book in the Dresden File series. The first book is Storm Front, the second is Fool Moon. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

Books, Movies, and Authors Mentioned During This Episode:

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters

American Girls series by various authors

Aubrey- Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian

Blackout by Connie Willis

Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters

Boundless by Kenneth Oppel

Dear America series by various authors

R.F. Delderfield

Doomsday by Connie Willis

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye

The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove

Philippa Gregory

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Jalna series by Mazo De La Roche

Killer Angels by Michael Sharra

Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear

Margaret Laurence

March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Laurie R. King

Medicus mysteries by Ruth Downie

Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

Phryne Fisher mysteries by Kerry Greenwood. Basis for the Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries television series.

Ann Rinaldi

Rick Riordan

The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks

The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood

Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell

Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Steven Saylor

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Kate Waters

The Year of the Hangman by Gary Blackwood

Year of Wonder by Geraldine Brooks

Other Items of Interest:

The Dreamer by Laura Innes. A webcomic about a 17 year old high school student who has intense, realistic dreams about a Revolutionary War soldier.

"Game of Thrones Fandom Fun". An episode of the Library Matters podcast in which Game of Thrones fans Anita Vassallo Angelica Rengifo, and Susan Moritz share their love of the books and television series.

Lackadaisy Cats by Tracy J. Butler. A webcomic about anthropomorphic cats set in St. Louis during Prohibition.

Little House controversy. A division of the American Library Association voted to remove Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from a major children's literature award.

Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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