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“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

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader…

— Louis L'Amour

The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying…

— Salman Rushdie

History is sympathetic to its authors.

— John McAfee

“History isn’t just something that ought to be taught, read, or encouraged only because it will make us better citizens. It will make us…

— David McCullough

History is a novel for which the people is the author.

— Alfred de Vigny

“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different world -…

— Sara Sheridan

Let's give the historians something to write about

— Propertius

Today, we are fortunate that the historical novel has reached such extraordinary heights of technical mastery. The ability of society to connect with the…

— Amanda Foreman

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

I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or pop music,…

— Irvine Welsh

“Men wiser and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot, a rhythm, a predetermined pattern. These harmonies are concealed from me.…

— Anonymous