“Somewhere nearby, artillery thundered. Vast fields — flat as a table, without a single tree — turned any moving figure into an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He is not a man wedded to action, Boleyn, but rather a man who stands by, smirking and stroking his beard; he… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Mr Martinek turned back to Jana. 'Thirty-eight per cent alcohol, sixty-two per cent fire - all the way from Karlovy Vary.” — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“I know not by what power I am drawn to you, but it is as a moth is drawn to the flame,… — Andrea Zuvich Copy Share Image
“I want to be walking down this street with Mama, headed where we're headed. But her hand in mine makes me feel… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
“No man as godly as George, the only fault he finds with God is that he made folk with too few orifices.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The blind faith in some half-assed conspiracy theories lines up with the logic of having to believe in something with no questions… — Asaad Almohammad Copy Share Image
“Stars flicker above, points of bright ice in a dark river. I pull a heavy sheepskin around my legs and stretch my… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Benedick Scott was on his way to freedom or profound failure or, if the usual order of things held up, both. Two… — McKelle George Copy Share Image
“The appearance of the mountain changes, according to when in the day you beheld it and which side you approached it from.… — Rehan Khan Copy Share Image
“My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Sea and land may lie between us, but my heart is always there with you.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“I stop to brace myself against the walls, which are painted with the fingerprints of family.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Oil and Water, Daddy calls us. At four years younger than me, Katie is only fourteen and she already has half the… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“According to Robert, his friend Moses was a soldier in the first war, as he described it. He fought Indians and soldiers… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Shanghaied is a sailing story but it’s about more than sailing. It will steal you away in the best way, take you… — Jon Howe Copy Share Image
“In one way, it feels like six lifetimes, and yet I clearly recall my days of running along the beach of the… — Lin Wilder Copy Share Image
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Real love isn't ambivalent. I'd swear that's a line from my favorite best-selling paperback novel, "In Love with the Night Mysterious", except… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“She was not in the body of a young woman but just as I remembered her: a little toddler with a beautiful… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction. — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
