Crafts Quote by Hilary Mantel

Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted,…

— Sara Sheridan

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

— Oscar Wilde

History is filled with fictional people.

— Anonymous

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

— Kate Mosse

Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing.

— Joseph Conrad

The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding,…

— Geraldine Brooks

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

— Antonia Fraser

“As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do…

— Lauren Willig

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

— George R. R. Martin

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on…

— Emma Donoghue

I can't claim to be disenchanted "with the current state of fiction" because I read so little of it. My reading is mostly drawn…

— Cynthia Ozick

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.

— Saul David