Historical Novels Quotes
15 quotes by 12 authors
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There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt…
— Peter Straub
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Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present.
— Laila Lalami
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Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published
— Caroline B. Cooney
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Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my…
— Sara Sheridan
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After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date…
— Lion Feuchtwanger
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I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well.
— Matthew Tobin Anderson
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I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.
— Jeanette Winterson
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I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity,…
— Peter Carey
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Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.
— Lion Feuchtwanger
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Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical novels…
— Hilary Mantel
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Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with…
— Louis L'Amour
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If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about…
— Louis L'Amour
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I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.
— Raymond E. Feist
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Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the…
— Edward Rutherfurd
Who Wrote These Historical Novels Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 15 Historical Novels Quotes as follows: