Continuum Quote by Sara Sheridan

“As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of these historical…

— Sara Sheridan

“We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.”

— Niall Ferguson

“The places and people in the following stories have been represented accurately to the best of my ability; yet my writing is supposed to…

— Eric Sloane

“The truths embodied in historical stories are thus not absolute or universal, but relative to the cultural context in which they are made.”

— Richard Handler

“History is simply the stories we inherit.”

— Leslie Forbes

“I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with…

— Sara Sheridan

“Historical fiction is a hybrid, a blending of reported reality, reasonable speculation, psychological truth, and the author’s imagination.”

— Philippa Gregory

“We may just be specters in this world, but our stories, if they are remembered and retold, become real and solid and alive.”

— Candace Fleming

“resonate deeply in modern imaginations”

— Mary Mycio

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”

— Judith Geary

“It is a story of utopian dreams and belief in the future, but also one that involves a critique of modernity.”

— Sverker Sörlin

“...not stories, but histories. For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.”

— Jacqueline Carey