I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
My first book was a historical novel. I started writing in 1974. In those days, historical novels meant ladies with swelling bosoms… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly,… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
[My wife] liked to collect old encyclopedias from second-hand bookstores, and at one point we had eight of them. When I wrote… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves. — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I have rarely read a more wonderful book than To Win Her Favor by Tamera Alexander. Rich with historical detail and fully… — Colleen Coble Copy Share Image
There are some varieties of fiction that I never touch - mystery stories, for instance, which I abhor, and historical novels. I… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
Historical novels are about costumery. I think that's the magic and mystery of fiction. I don't want to write historical fiction but… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
The Dream Lover is a historical novel at once expansively researched yet intimately imagined. George Sand may be the ultimate Berg heroine.… — Leah Hager Cohen Copy Share Image
I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
You think you're writing one historical novel and it turns into three, and I'm quite used to a short story turning into… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
With a historical novel you know that liberties are being taken. Since Walter Scott, we know that poetic license, dramatic license, that… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
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