MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

[Carol]

Alla:
> 
> If you do not mind series of books which is on the surface science 
> fiction, but has truly fascinating plot and character developments, I 
> cannot recommend Louis Mcmaster Bujold "Miles Vorkosigan" saga enough.
> 
> I know these books were mentioned here, but they are amazing IMO 
> anyways.
>
Carol responds:

Thanks, Alla. What's the title of the first novel in the series and
what are they about?

Carol, now wondering whether historical novels featuring real
historical figures (e.g., Richard III or Anne Boleyn or Lady Jane
Grey) constitute fanfic of a sort even though the authors whose
"characters" are being borrowed are historians rather than novelists