Books Quote by Jeanette Winterson

I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book through, when…

— Danielle Dutton

I have rarely read a more wonderful book than To Win Her Favor by Tamera Alexander. Rich with historical detail and fully developed characters,…

— Colleen Coble

My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if…

— George Santayana

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

— Caroline B. Cooney

“Historical fiction isn't history in the conventional sense and shouldn't be judged as such. The best historical novels are loyal to history, but it…

— Daniel Aaron

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

When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make it. That…

— Nicholas Meyer

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at…

— Edward Rutherfurd

[My wife] liked to collect old encyclopedias from second-hand bookstores, and at one point we had eight of them. When I wrote my first…

— Robert Anton Wilson

I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well.

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very traditional historical…

— Danielle Dutton

As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly, these novels…

— Mary Pope Osborne