Historical Fiction

Chasing Shadows In Paris

M.J. Rose | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Authors, Paris, Perfume, France, Writing, Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Travel, Writing a Novel, Travel News

She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.

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Bring Up the Bodies: A Review and Interview With Booker Prize-winning Author Hilary Mantel

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: England, History, Anne Boleyn, Bring Up the Bodies, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Tudors, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize, Henry VIII, Adultery, Books, Violence, Author Interviews, Books News

In Bring Up the Bodies, the sequel to the Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel weaves a richly textured world that is at once deeply foreign and entirely relevant.

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A Complete Life: Miss Fuller by April Bernard

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Emerson, Miss Fuller, April Bernard, Thoreau, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Books, Transcendentalists, Feminism, Nineteenth Century, Books News

In Miss Fuller, April Bernard takes a speculative scalpel to the life of Margaret Fuller, offering a narrative of her experiences that shines a harsh and unbecoming light on the male transcendentalists.

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Review of The Dressmaker and Interview With Kate Alcott

Julie A. Carlson | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Historical Fiction, The Dressmaker Kate Alcott, Books, Kate Alcott, The Dressmaker, Books About Titanic, Titanic, The Dressmaker Review, Books News

While reading The Dressmaker, I felt as if I were actually living and breathing the events before, during and after the tragic sinking of the Titanic.

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Sherry Jones:: "Blog" Rhymes With "Slog," And With Good Reason

Red Room | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Historical Fiction, Social Media, Book Marketing, Redroom, Blogging, Books News

After finishing my novel Four Sisters, All Queens, I did what most writers of historical fiction seem to do: started thinking of ideas for blog posts about my characters.

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The Strange And Tragic Fate Of A New York It-Girl

| Ora Tooke | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Historical Fiction, Figment, Teen Fiction, It Girls, High School News

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

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Hooray for Historical Fiction!

Dave Astor | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Historical Fiction, Stephen King Jfk, Historical Fiction Doctorow, Fiction Jeffrey Eugenides, Historical Fiction Dickens, Mark Twain Fiction, Gore Vida Burr, 11/22/63 JFK Book, 11/22/63 King, 11/22/63 Book, Books News

Historical fiction can humanize real-life people -- moving them from cardboard cutouts to flesh-and-blood protagonists who seem as three-dimensional as the made-up characters with whom they interact.

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On The Postmistress: Interview With Sarah Blake

Laura Cococcia | Posted 10.23.2011

Read More: Historical Fiction, Sarah Blake, History, The Postmistress, World War II, Writing Advice, Writing, Books, Fiction, Books News

The Postmistress offers an inimitable blend of World-War-II-era history, stunning heroines and a very different look at the power of how we once communicated versus how we communicate today.

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Don't Be a Book Snob!

Lev Raphael | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Crime Fiction, Authors, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Books, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller, Mysteries, Reading Habits, Travelogues, Memoirs, Anne Perry, Historical Fiction, George Eliot, Books News

Over the thirty years of my publishing career, I've learned that book snobs come in all shapes and sizes. And their snobbery often seems more about them than the genre they've picked for their disdain.

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Pride and Prejudice and Hebrews

Lev Raphael | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: British Fiction, Jewish Fiction, Romance, Jane Austen, Writing, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novels, Regency England, Romance Novels, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen Book Club, Jane Austen Fans, Austen, Books News

I've published twenty books in genres from memoir to mystery but I never thought of doing an Austen mashup until I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombie...

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Do You Still Read Fiction?

Lev Raphael | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Short Stories, Authors, Book Publishing, Books, Fiction, Novels, Biographies, Historical Fiction, Philip Roth, Booker Prize, The Gilded Age, Biography, Book Reviews, Reviewing, Roth on Fiction, Phillip Roth Fiction, Books News

Philip Roth has written two dozen novels, yet fiction has lost its appeal for him personally. When asked why, he said he didn't know, and only offered a smart-aleck response: "I wised up."

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Andrea Levy Wins Walter Scott prize

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Tom Mccarthy, Literary Awards, The Long Song, Walter Scott Prize, Literary Prizes, Historical Fiction, C, David Mitchell, Andrea Levy, Walter Scott Prize Winner, Books News

Andrea Levy's story of the end of slavery, The Long Song, has won the £25,000 Walter Scott prize for historical fiction....

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Searching for Bobby Kennedy: Health Care and the Moral Imperative

Zac Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiction, Magical Realism, Leonard Cohen, Politics, Health Care, Zac Hill, Historical Fiction, Books, Robert Ellis Gordon, Barack Obama, Moral Imperative, Robert F. Kennedy, Illness, Healthcare, Books News

What Robert understood is that despite being more media-saturated than at any other time in history, our dialogue remains silent with regard to the moral imperatives those policies entail.

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The Lying Art Of Historical Fiction

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Wolf Hall, Historical Fiction, Books, The Da Vinci Code, Historical Accuracy, Braveheart, Books News

Judging historical fiction is not as simple as 'accurate equals good' and 'inaccurate equals bad'. It depends on whether the inaccuracies are construc...

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An Epic of Tang Dynasty China: "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Books, Fiction, Guy Gavriel Kay, Historical Fiction, Canada, China, Under Heaven, Genre Fiction, Novel, Fantasy, Book Publishing, Book Reviews, Magical Realism, Asia, Books News

The beginning of "Under Heaven," the latest offering by award-winning Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay, can be called deceptive: it is quiet, seen th...

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'Wolf Hall' Wins First Ever Walter Scott Historical Fiction Prize

The Guardian | Richard Lea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wolf Hall, Historical Fiction, Books, Hilary Mantel, Walter Scott Historical Fiction Prize, Literary Prizes, Books News

The novelist Hilary Mantel added another literary award to her NBCC and Booker prizes when Wolf Hall won the inaugural Walter Scott prize for historic...

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Women of the Revolution: Last Train from Cuernavaca

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historical Fiction, Land Reform, Emiliano Zapata, Poverty, The Mexican Revolution, Book Review, Last Train From Cuernavaca, Clair Robson, Books News

Robson writes with a fluidity and honesty that drew me firmly into the women's struggle for dignity and freedom, and she rendered the beauty of Cuernavaca and the surrounding countryside with such acuity that I fell in love with the place.

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Publishing Revolution: Historical Fiction Evolves in Digital Age

Robin Maxwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: E-Books, Historical Fiction, iPhone App, Penguin-Putnam, Book Publishing, Perez Hilton, Books, Books News

The entire promotion for my latest book was accomplished -- glowing reviews, in-depth magazine interviews, and remote reading group appearances -- sitting at home in my pajamas.

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Review: Good -- Reflecting the Bush years

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holocaust, Viggo Mortensen, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Good Movie Review, Bush Administration, Historical Movie, Nazi Movies, Historical Fiction, Moral Relativism, C.P. Taylor, In a Minute, Entertainment News

"Hitler's a joke," Viggo Mortensen tells a friend in the new film, Good. "He won't last." Gee -- didn't they say that about George W. Bush? I've bee...

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