Historical

Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself.

Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take place.

In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in histor
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The Stone Witch of Florence
This Cursed House
The Bletchley Riddle
Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)
Strange Beasts
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Legend of the White Snake
Women's Hotel
The Specimen
American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond
Much Ado About Margaret
Red in Tooth and Claw
The Secret War of Julia Child
The Black Hunger
Lessons in Chemistry
The Four Winds
The Medicine Woman of Galveston
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
Mexican Gothic
The Paris Novel
The Wood at Midwinter
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
The Quarry Girls
The Cliffs
The Book of Witching
A Calamity of Souls
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
The Happiest Man on Earth
Long Island Compromise
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
All the Light We Cannot See
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Pride and Prejudice
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Nightingale
The Help
Memoirs of a Geisha
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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