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Books that should be movies

I have two: Secreat History of the Pink Carnation!
and A bride most Begrudging! best books ever, great plots totally should be movies!

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Several books by Louis L'amour would make awesome movies. All of his books do have many historical facts in them.

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Anything by Steve Beery an James Rollins.......Hollywood take notice

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I would absolutly love to see the King Arthur trilogy of books by Bernard Cornwell filmed


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I'd love to see an adaptation of James L. Swanson's Manhunt: The Search for Lincoln's Killers.

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Me too Lizardgirl. I loved the book. Apparently HBO is making a miniseries of it. But it's still a couple years away. Here's a link:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992244.html?categoryid=14&cs= 1


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Sweet.

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Aztec, Raptor, The Journeyer by Gary Jennings.

Epic masterpieces (well at least the first two) that would actually have to be toned down to get an 'R' rating.

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1776 by David McCullough
http://www.amazon.com/1776-David-McCullough/dp/0743226712/ref=sr_1_1?i e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225826575&sr=1-1

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
http://www.amazon.com/Team-Rivals-Political-Abraham-Lincoln/dp/0684824 906/ref=ed_oe_h

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin
http://www.amazon.com/No-Ordinary-Time-Franklin-Roosevelt/dp/068480448 4

Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen E. Ambrose
http://www.amazon.com/Eisenhower-Soldier-President-Renowned-One/dp/067 1747584/ref=pd_cp_b_1

Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House by Sally Bedell Smith
http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Power-Private-World-Kennedy/dp/0375504494/ ref=ed_oe_h

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin
http://www.amazon.com/Lyndon-Johnson-American-Kearns-Goodwin/dp/031206 0270/ref=cm_lmf_tit_15_rdssss0

The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World by John O'Sullivan
http://www.amazon.com/President-Pope-Prime-Minister-Changed/dp/1596980 168/ref=ed_oe_h

For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years by Sally Bedell Smith
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Politics-Hillary-Clinton-White/dp/140006324 8/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritanceby Barack Obama
http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-My-Father-Story-Inheritance/dp/0307383415 /ref=ed_oe_h

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-The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

-The Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger

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Things Fall Apart
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THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR by Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton.
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Death of an ordinary man.

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I vote for The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Set in 12th century England, it's an epic that contains many layers of internal struggle stories.

The travails of the country folk during The Anarchy, a savage time of English civil war that devastated the countryside and produced much death and misery among the peasantry, provides the context for the struggles of ambitious men and pious men to create a fortified town, Kingsbridge, and a cathedral of revolutionary design therein. Within that story is the story of the emergence of a gentrified class of craftsmen and merchants as trade expands during the end of the Dark Ages. Within that is a story of deceit and hope as several interlocked families struggle for power and, for many, simple livelihood. And finally, it is a gripping story of the aspirations, accomplishments, and failures of individual men and women within those families.

The Pillars of the Earth was the first novel that gave me a clue regarding the incredible developments in English culture in the generations following the Norman invasion and it provides a much more credible perspective on England's coming of age than does, for example, Robin Hood. What is unique to The Pillars of the Earth is it's "street-level" perspective, quite different from the aristocratic perspective of most English epics. It made me think that perhaps people then were not so different from people today.

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A miniseries is in progress. Can't wait.


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Thanks for the heads-up. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1453159/. Looks like a credible cast with some credible production companies. I submitted what I wrote above as a second pre-summary pretty much verbatim. I don't have a TV, so I hope this is out on DVD sometime soon.

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett. If you're a fan of both Southern Gothic and the show Mad Men like I am, you'll love The Help.

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I would love to see the book "Green Darkness" by Anya Seton made into a movie. The book is so beautiful

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Oh I loved that book too! It was so sad. Good choice. Have you read her book 'The Mistletoe and Sword' about Boudica's revolt against the Romans?
I would like to see Gore Vidal's Creation made into a movie, and The Weaker Vessel, by Antonia Fraser, about women in 17th Century England. I just finished the book 'The Ritual' and I would love to see that made into a film, though it's horror and not history.


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"Adventures of Garibaldi"---by Anthony DiPerno

"The Etruscan"--Mika Waltari

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Since I watched the Tudors I'm fascinated with Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and Thor daughter Elizabeth .

So I'd love to see adapted to the big screen
The lady in the tower the fall of Anne Boleyn by Allison Wire

The Secret diary of Anne Boleyn By Robin Maxwell

Any other book thar exists about Elizabeth I

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"The Years of Rice and Salt", by Kim Stanley Robinson. Takes place in an alternate world where the Black Death of the 14th century killed the entire population of Europe, leading to the Islamic World and China becoming the planet's two dominant and rival civilizations. Covers a lot of fascinating alternate-history episodes, such as the Chinese discovery of the Americas, the development of the scientific method in Islamic Central Asia and the Industrial Revolution in India, and the re-population of Europe by North Africans and Middle-Easterners. It would make a great mini-series, and would give the rather neglected genre of Alternate History more exposure.

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A good movie adaptation of Stendhal's The Red and the Black that would have made the author proud (if he knew what cinema was). Better make it an European production, not sure an American would make a movie worth the book. And if the film is successful enough, make a movie adaptation of Stendhal's other work, The Charterhouse of Parma.

I always wanted to see Terry Gilliam making movies adaptations of Candide by French philosopher Voltaire and The Clouds by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. His style is perfect for these books, specially the first. The same way irony is a trademark of Voltaire it was a trademark of Monty Python.

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Candide by Voltaire and The Clouds by Aristophanes.

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History of Charles XII, king of Sweden by Voltaire.

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I'm currently reading Mr. S by George Jacobs. It's about Frank Sinatra and very insightful. I think it would be a good movie if adapted right by someone like Speilberg or Scorsese.

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The Winning of America Series by Allan W. Eckert, would make great mini series.

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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281693.Empire_of_Blue_Water




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