Historical Fiction

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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Beasts of a Little Land
The Righteous (The Beautiful, #3)
The Spanish Daughter
Hidden Treasures
Duke Gone Rogue (Love on Holiday, #1)
Shadows of Swanford Abbey
Elinor: A Riveting Story Based on the Lost Colony of Roanoke (Daughters of the Lost Colony)
Heart of the Impaler
The Finder of Forgotten Things
Daughter of the King (Defying the Crown, #1)
Saving Mrs. Roosevelt (Heroines of WWII)
The Debutante's Code (Thorndike & Swann Regency Mysteries #1)
Coco at the Ritz
John Brown's Women
Curious Weather (Jacob Tracy #2)
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    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
    The Lost Apothecary
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    Cloud Cuckoo Land
    These Tangled Vines
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