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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Chivalrous Deeds Reading Challenge

I have been looking for an interesting and different challenge, but still staying within my reading genre. I will have to really think about what qualifies for this one.

The Chivalrous Deeds: Historical Fiction Challenge is hosted by Bippity Boppity Book. The challenge runs the length of 2011.

The general goal of this challenge is to as a Knight or Lady Knight, to visit as many courts as possible. For example, reading Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy would count as 1 visit/chivalrous deed achieved at the court of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Reading No Will But His by Sarah Hoyt would count as 1 visit/chivalrous deed achieved at the court of Catherine Howard and Henry VIII, etc...

You can visit any court from any point in history as long as the book you are reading is Historical Fiction. You can visit the same court more than once but not consecutively. Knights and Lady Knights have many great deeds to perform and so must not tarry at one court for too long!

I will update as I go.

1. Queen of Last Hopes by Susan Higginbotham - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
2. Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Henry VII (Tudor) and Elizabeth of York
3. The Queen's Pawn by Christy English - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
4. The Tudor Secret by C. W. Gortner - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Edward VI (Tudor)
5. To Be Queen by Christy English - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine
6. To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of John and Isabella of Angouleme
7. I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Edward the Confessor and Edith of Wessex; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Harold Godwinson and Edith of Mercia
8. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Emperor Domitian and his Empress
9. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn
10. Queen By Right by Anne Easter Smith - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of King Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
11. Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Emperor Galba; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Emperor Otho; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Emperor Vitellius; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Emperor Vespasian
12. Mary of Carisbrooke by Margaret Campbell Barnes - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria
13. Before Versailles by Karleen Koen - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Louis XVI and Maria Theresa of Spain
14. Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of William IV and Adelaide
15. Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Louis XV
16. Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick - 1 Chivalrous Deed in in the Court of Henry I and Adeliza; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Stephen and Matilda
17. The King's Daughter by Christie English - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of King James I and Anne of Denmark
18. The Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell - 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza; 1 Chivalrous Deed in the Court of James II and Mary of Modena

25 Chivalrous Deeds Completed/24 Courts Visited




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2 comments:

  1. That's a cool challenge, too bad I stink at them!

    Just wanted to stop by and say Happy New Year Heather!

    I hope 2011 brings you love, laughter, friendship, happiness and of course, lots and lots of yummy books!

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  2. Happy New Year, and thanks! for sharing

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