“The Spaniards were seated at a table by the hearth, dominating the room with their mustachioed handsomeness and aggressive good cheer.” — Dawn Patitucci Copy Share Image
“...The queen's mocking laughter cut in. " This is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?" "Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty… — Eloise Jarvis McGraw Copy Share Image
“Joan knew then that Donna was not an idiot. And the Beatles were not nonsense. And that there had always been a… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
I do believe that sci-fi or historical fiction finds an easy home in comics because there are no budget constraints in regards… — Jonathan Hickman Copy Share Image
Everything burns if the flame is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible. — Andrew Davidson Copy Share Image
“I understand, gentlemen,” John Kennedy said. “If you find that life it’s not easy, let me tell you, death is worse.” — Pierre Marshesso Copy Share Image
“Moonlight does things to a street scene that no other natural or man-made phenomenon can effect. People walk slower, their smiles lingering… — Bailey Bristol Copy Share Image
People who wrote literary novels about the past probably didn't want them pegged as historical fiction. Certainly that was true in England. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“From steel-town Youngstown to the crumbling marble of Rome — Earl Jenkins ain’t no ordinary knight. He drinks monk-brew, fights Huns, and… — Tapio Tiihonen Copy Share Image
“The defenders retreated, but in good order. A musket flamed and a ball shattered a marine’s collar bone, spinning him around. The… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“A woman grabbed my arm. "How much for the kid? They won't let me on if I don't have a kid." "He's… — Ruta Septys Copy Share Image
“We're not like God, [Papa] says. We can't know. We can't live like we do know or should have known.” — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
“Cease, daughter!" said the priest at last in a trembling voice. "I cannot grant absolution, no priest could...” — Anya Seton Copy Share Image
“I found out after reading quite a lot of it that it is not rated very high. He has a very descriptive… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“What I was caught up in, I dimly understood, was the embodiment of history” — Peter Cunningham Copy Share Image
The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth… — Hank Hanegraaff Copy Share Image
“Jennings is too tough and honest a writer to let anyone off her moral hook, even her hero.” — Maureen Jennings Copy Share Image
“...it has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre...” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Stalin perceived the world in stark black and white. In the same way, he divided people, nations, actions, and ideas into only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He watched the newly arrived commuters as they stepped into the carriage, pushed their way down the tube, the odours from their… — Amanda Sington-Williams Copy Share Image
“If I had two breaths left in me, the first one I would use to tell you I miss you, and the… — Katarina Jovic Copy Share Image
One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“The rain landed on my skin with a barely audible patter and changed the tempo of its repetitive dance, letting the wind… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Nicolas was dressed exquisitely tonight, with his usual air of effortlessness, in a silk doublet the color of blackberries and dotted with… — Dawn Patitucci Copy Share Image
“I looked evil in the eye and smiled at it with such power that I felt a little dizzy. Jade Gentry (Polishing… — Tekoa Manning Copy Share Image
