Historical

Your story is set in the past, with your plot and the actions of your characters in keeping with the time period you have chosen. Works of historical fiction may or may not feature real historical figures. Umberto Eco, Hilary Mantel, Ken Follett and Philippa Gregory have written popular titles in this genre.  

Thieves of Pudding Lane
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The Importance of Research
Jonathan Eyers
5th September 2014
Edited
16th September 2020
In some ways, writing historical fiction has a lot of similarities with writing science fiction and fantasy. You get to explore a completely...
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Kylie Fitzpatrick
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Writing History
Kylie Fitzpatrick
16th May 2014
Edited
10th December 2020

My first instinct was to defend historical novels against being seen as genre fiction in the first place. Genre is a useful guide for publishers...

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