Facts about Historical Fiction

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   Patrick O'Brian's historical fiction Aubrey-Maturin series, set during the Napoleonic Wars, spans 20 completed novels and is celebrated for its naval authenticity.

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   Ken Follett's historical fiction novel The Pillars of the Earth, set in 12th-century England, became a massive bestseller decades after its 1989 publication.

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   Ancient historical fiction traces back to ancient Greece, where writers like Xenophon dramatized real historical figures in narrative prose works.

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   Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, a historical fiction novel about Thomas Cromwell, won the Booker Prize in 2009.

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   The genre of historical fiction requires authors to blend invented characters and plots with accurately researched real historical settings and events.

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