HISTORICAL NOVEL

Moll Flanders is a historical novel which provided an accurate look into eighteenth century Europe through the criminal life and prostitution of Moll Cutpurse and declared Daniel Defoe as the writer who started the genre of novel writing.

Historical fiction can be both entertaining and informative. These two qualities blend flawlessly together in some of our most famous works of art. Here we will take a look at various historical novel writers and their contributions to literature.

Local author publishes young adult historical novel based on the true friendship that arose between Napoleon and young girl living on the the Island of St Helena before his death.

Are you a reenactor or do you just love slipping into another, grander time for just a little while? Here's how to create a great historical persona.

Few books go as in depth on writing historical fiction as Persia Wooley's book. It guides the writer through all the necessary stages in writing and selling your historical fiction piece. You don't have to be a history buff to make money with historical fiction.

Writing historical fiction is a wonderful pastime, whether you're doing it for publication or just for your own personal enjoyment. Historically accurate characters are very important, so here's how to achieve that desired authenticity.

Distant Music, by Lee Langley, is a tapestry of Portugese history, longing, Judaism and two souls that simply long to be together.

Elementary students can explore both the historical novel genre, as well as the tall tale genre by reading By the Great Horn Spoon. They'll learn about the Gold Rush and American culture, and have a great time doing it!

Emmy and Nebula award winning author, Alan Brennert talks to Literary Corner Cafe about his transition from television to novels and writing in general.

A guide to using Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird in the classroom.

Keeping an eye on relevance as you reveal your novel's back story and setting.

The novel was awarded the prize of the story club in Egypt for the year 1986. And the hero is kidnapped by the inhabitants of an advanced planet in the universe to work with them. He finds out that they have killed the professor because he was the only ..

A novel of time travel into the far future. Skylar travels a bit too far into the future to discover a barren winter wasteland devoid of life. This follows his search for answers while telling the stories of two other colonies on the planet Ephraim.

The historical miniseries has really made a huge comeback with the Emmy success of "John Adams" and others similar--but mostly all on HBO. Network TV has a distinguished history with those, and it would bring ratings gold if the miniseries returned to that arena...

Fans of real and alternative history willI find Harris' novel to be a true "can't put this down till I finish" book.

The first line of the epic historical novel Chesapeake sets the tone for the whole book. This region, like much of America, was explored and settled due to the courage and initiative of those who were deemed outcasts elswhere in the world.

A careful reading of the historical subtext in Toni Morrison's Sula reveals a deeper understanding of how Morrison's conceptualizations of identity and self-revelation informs much of the novel's narrative.

This is a beautifully written and illustrated novel about a young man's religious upbringing and his first love.

In addition to the famous Freedom Trail, Massachusetts serves as the home for the Museum of Bad Art and a historical trail full of cranberries.

Gritty and visually striking, Watchmen is a faithful adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel.

I love historical fiction because it puts me right in the action of a different era

A graphic novel about Southern Civil War General Cleburne that shows we can't reduce the boys in grey to KKK members or villains in a morality play.

If you're like me, reading is a wondrous escape from the demands of real life. Though I am inspired by a thought-provoking literary novel and absolutely love a good horror or suspense novel, the truth is, there is no genre I enjoy reading more than romance.

The Chinese novel has never quite achieved the status given to novels of Western nations. There is a perfectly valid excuse for this.

In Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton describes the effects apartheid has brought upon the people of South Africa. Although fictional, the novel accurately depicts the effects of apartheid and the lack of hope that has consumed many South Africans.

A loosely autobiographical account of the life of Cal Roland, who at an early age decides that the only important philosophical question is whether to commit suicide or go on living. Cal's philosophy: "Most of life is either funny, insane or sad."

A novel that weaves the true story of Vlad Tepes (known as Count Drakul or "The Impaler") and mixes it with legend and other works of fiction to come up with a fascinating mystery/action/horror story.

One of the great heroic figures of the Revolutionary War and of Illinois history is the underappreciated George Rogers Clark.

The opening shot of a series reconfiguring the tale of King Arthur, Into the Path of Gods is a fast-paced tour through fifth century Britain. A good story, but one that does not quite know what it wants to be.

While a novel by action-star Chuck Norris sounds like a bad joke with no punchline, Justice Riders turns out to be a surprisingly well researched and entertaining historical adventure.

I review this darkly comic historical novel.