I was thinking last night that Haiti, with focus upon the Revolution, would be the best place to start. That could be The Theme.
But I'm wondering if we could do a separate Theme of New Orleans? Much historical fiction has been located there. Very much, and is still being written, including historic period genre mysteries and fantasies.
Theme: New Orleans
Fiction:
One of the Benjamin January novels by Barbara Hambly (post Haitian Revolution, pre-Civil War New Orleans, 1830's & 1840's) Old Creole Days - George Washington Cable The Feast of All Saints - Anne Rice (1840's New Orleans; detailed description of novel here. This not a vampire or mummy or Jesus novel -- it's also a television mini series, though it was shot in Canada, and French Canada really does not stand in effectively for New Orleans, particularly if you know both places as well as this view does.)
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Caribbean & New Orleans
Date: 2009-06-02 04:48 pm (UTC)But I'm wondering if we could do a separate Theme of New Orleans? Much historical fiction has been located there. Very much, and is still being written, including historic period genre mysteries and fantasies.
Theme: New Orleans
Fiction:
One of the Benjamin January novels by Barbara Hambly (post Haitian Revolution, pre-Civil War New Orleans, 1830's & 1840's)
Old Creole Days - George Washington Cable
The Feast of All Saints - Anne Rice (1840's New Orleans; detailed description of novel here. This not a vampire or mummy or Jesus novel -- it's also a television mini series, though it was shot in Canada, and French Canada really does not stand in effectively for New Orleans, particularly if you know both places as well as this view does.)
What do you think?
Love, c.
Love, C.