| Historical Fiction Books take you to a period that | | | | accurate in regard to events, people, details, and |
| was real and re-create it for us - opening up both | | | | circumstances of the period portrayed. |
| intriguing stories, plus also informing us of the | | | | Unfortunately, without even being read, these |
| actual history of the times, people and places - | | | | novels frequently suffer the disdain of history |
| usually with accuracy and attention to historical | | | | buffs simply because fictional elements are |
| fidelity. | | | | incorporated into the story. |
| It is well known that writers of this era create | | | | Can well-written historical fiction books be |
| some of the top historical fiction books you can | | | | equivalent in accuracy to books routinely classified |
| read... simply as reading for pleasure or to try and | | | | as non-fiction? Works of historical non-fiction are |
| recreate historical events in an entertaining way. | | | | founded on the author's interpretation of often |
| Likewise, there are also historical fiction writers | | | | vaguely written, contradictory, and incomplete |
| who use different eras of history and different | | | | documentation of past events. |
| writing styles as settings for crime yarns - some | | | | Often events that are published as historical |
| straight forward 'whodunits' (e.g. Lindsey Davis) | | | | non-fiction is simply an educated guess by the |
| and some with tongue in the cheek humor such | | | | author, based on their interpretation of the |
| as David Wishart. Other historical fiction books are | | | | available material. |
| about the days of Kings and Queens, nobility and | | | | By creating authentic scenes and dialogue that |
| protocol, with the church intertwined? | | | | may very well have happened, a novelist can |
| It is often found that historical fiction books, even | | | | enhance our understanding and appreciation of |
| those that are closely based on actual persons | | | | past events and the people who lived in those |
| and events, inherently represent a much lower | | | | interesting times. |
| standard for historical accuracy than typical | | | | Those people who focus almost exclusively on |
| non-fiction history books. | | | | non-fiction history will find that, on occasion, |
| There are numerous examples of historical fictions | | | | reading a well-crafted historical fiction books can |
| that are carefully crafted by authors to be highly | | | | be both enjoyable and educational. |