Sagas, trilogies and series

It's NOT a romance novel. There may be some of those elements, but it's Historical Fiction. And it's fun. Fabio books on the other hand (though he goes back in time and becomes a Viking, though he's a rogue travelling to the new world, though he is half Native American at one stage) are definitely, without a doubt romance novels.

Reading a novel that has at least roots in historical events with dates and names of places that exist just makes you feel like you're educating yourself while you read an entertaining book, and at the most they are very much based on true events. I've tried the non fiction ones. They're usually tedious.

Jo gave me a bunch to read at first, and i loved them but there weren't enough for me. However, soon enough, i accidentally stumbled upon this author that has written hundreds.

(Eleanor Alice Burford (born September 1, 1906 in Kensington, London, England - d. January 18, 1993 at sea, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt), Mrs. George Percival Hibbert was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between her books; the best-known, apart from Plaidy, are Victoria Holt (56 million) and Philippa Carr (3 million). Lesser known were the novels Hibbert published under her maiden name Eleanor Burford, or the pseudonyms of Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. Many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities.)

I've read about 20, and i have a lot more to get through. I'm beginning to own alot, but i have to read the ones i order from the library before i get time to read the ones i pick up from second hand stores. I suppose you could say i'm collecting them. They cover in detail the lives of historical figures (Royalty, mostly). It's extremely interesting, especially the history of England. (She uses alot of French all through her books, German occasionally, & it makes you want to learn those languages, and visit those famous places she names.)

I'm wondering when i'll get bored of this author's way of writing and her take on history but so far it's just too interesting. She doesn't try to jazz it up with scandalous rumors about the characters like some other authors, though she does mention that they were curculated.

My sisters often get confused and enjoy labelling them falsely 'romance novels'. That's why i'm expounding. Not because i really like them or anything.