Historical
Your story is set in the past, with your plot and the actions of your characters in keeping with the time period you have chosen. Works of historical fiction may or may not feature real historical figures. Umberto Eco, Hilary Mantel, Ken Follett and Philippa Gregory have written popular titles in this genre.
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28th November 2023
How do you navigate historical settings? Author Nicola Edwards shares how she maps her story.
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1st February 2023
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12th December 2022
One of the joys of writing historical crime is that you have centuries of fascinating characters to bring into your writing, but also the...
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14th July 2022
In November 2003, a friend posted me an aeroplane ticket and an invitation to go and join him on a short trip across Northern Spain. I politely...
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4th August 2022
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