Fiction/ Historical fiction is my main love in literature; particularly stories set in the UK as well as exotic locations, my favorites being India, Russia, China etc. Although I read a large range of time periods, my "comfort zone" is somewhere between 1880-1930. I also love memoirs and travel/adventure books.
I dislike most contemporary fiction, I suppose because I prefer a true escape. Another place, another time, another culture.
Favorite authors:
M.M.Kaye
Robert Tyler Stevens
Madeleine Brent
Francis Brett Young
Warwick Deeping
William J. Locke
Francis Marion Crawford
Howard Spring
Ouida
Thomas Hardy
Leo Tolstoy
and many more...
My ratings:
***** Loved It
****Almost perfect
***Enjoyed it
**Oh dear
*Just No