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Ahti

The historical fiction story Lemminkäisen laulu (English: The song of Lemminkäinen) by the Finnish author Juha Ruusuvuori is a modern rendition of the poems concerning Ahti Saarelainen.

Annie Jay

She writes historical and fantastic novels, in which one finds lots of details concerning the ages in which her novels take place.

Best Buy Comics

Subjects include the aerospace program, the eventual fate of humanity, attitudes toward life, death, nuclear war and historical fiction set at the dawn of the Jazz Age.

Colin O'Donoghue

In 2009, O'Donoghue appeared as Duke Philip of Bavaria in an episode of season 3 of the Showtime historical-fiction series The Tudors.

Cup of Gold

Cup of Gold: A life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (1929) was John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of historical fiction based loosely on the life and death of privateer Henry Morgan.

First North Americans

The First North Americans are a series of historical fiction novels published by Tor and written by husband and wife co-authors W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear.

Francis Lathom

First, he was one of the first writers of historical fiction, with historical romances such as The Mysterious Freebooter; or, The Days of Queen Bess (1806), a novel which blends fact and fiction regarding Queen Elizabeth, predating the better known historical novels of Scott.

Geniscus

Geniscus is mentioned in the 1876 historical fiction Dante and Beatrice from 1282 to 1290: A Romance by Elizabeth Kerr Coulson, writing under the pseudonym Roxburghe Lothian.

Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston

Her first husband was Alfred Hubert Duggan of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with whom she had three children, including two sons – Alfred Duggan, an author of historical fiction, and Hubert Duggan, later a British Member of Parliament.

Granada War

Ginés Pérez de Hita wrote an early example of historical fiction, Guerras civiles de Granada, a romantic account of the war that emphasized chivalry and heroism on both sides.

John Wilkins

The influence and ambitions of John Wilkins were an important thread in the historical fiction trilogy The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.

Joshua Sprigg

Sprigg is featured at the end of Rosemary Sutcliff's 1953 historical fiction novel Simon, where he is portrayed helping the wounded of both sides of the Battle of Torrington, and plays a pivotal role in connecting the story with a resolution for who blew up the church.

Morita Sōhei

He turned to historical fiction in his later years, with the novel Hosokawa Garashiya fujin (1949–1950), based on the life of the famous Christian convert Hosokawa Gracia.

Or Give Me Death

Or Give Me Death (ISBN 0-15-216687-4) is a 2003 work of historical fiction by Ann Rinaldi based on the possibility that the famous words of Patrick Henry "Give me Liberty or Give me death" may have been first spoken by his dying, mentally ill wife, whom he kept locked up in a cellar to prevent her from hurting anyone.

Rise to Rebellion

Rise to Rebellion is a 2001 historical fiction book by Jeff Shaara that tells the story of the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Sharpe's Peril

Sharpe's Peril is a British TV film from 2008, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War

The Black Flower is a 1997 historical fiction novel written by Howard Bahr.

The Cat and the King

The Cat and the King (1981) is a work of historical fiction about the court of French King Louis XIV (1638–1715) by novelist Louis Auchincloss.


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Alamut series

The books contain elements of historical fiction, being set in the time of the Crusades and covering events like the Battle of Hattin, and including historical figures such as the leper king of Jerusalem Baldwin IV, the Muslim leader Saladin, and the Hashshashin of Alamut.

Birsa Munda

Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, writer-activist Mahasweta Devi’s historical fiction, "Aranyer Adhikar" (Right to the Forest, 1977), a novel for which she won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali in 1979, is based on his life and the Munda Rebellion against the British Raj in the late 19th century; she later wrote an abridged version Birsa Munda, specifically for young readers.

Bob Hogue

The novel is historical fiction, mystery, and romance set in Kailua, Oahu around the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Brian Daley

Lucia St. Clair Robson, an author of historical fiction, was Daley's partner of 14 years.

Chatti

Mark of the Lion Series (1993), a series of historical fiction novel by Francine Rivers.

Connie Lapallo

Connie Lapallo is a historical fiction novelist from Mechanicsville, Virginia whose debut novel Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky did surprisingly well considering it was self-published by Llumina Press.

Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky

Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky is a historical fiction novel by Connie Lapallo.

Gabriel de Luetz

Gabriel de Luetz (as M. d'Aramon, Baron de Luetz) plays a small but significant role in the book Pawn in Frankincense, part of the historical fiction series the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett, which is partly set in Constantinople and Pera in 1553.

Hell Gate

Hell Gate is described in James Fenimore Cooper's historical fiction novel The Water Witch, or, The Skimmer of the Seas.

Hell Gate serves as the scene for an exciting pursuit of the brigantine "Water Witch" by the HMS Coquette in James Fenimore Cooper's novel of historical fiction, The Water Witch, or, The Skimmer of the Seas.

Henry Rathbone

Henry Reed Rathbone and his wife, Clara Harris, are the subjects of Henry and Clara (1994, published by Ticknor & Fields), a historical fiction novel by Thomas Mallon.

Hussein, An Entertainment

After its reprint, David Sexton wrote in the Evening Standard, Here fully thirty years before Master and Commander was published is the unmistakable texture of O'Brian's historical fiction.

James A. Michener's Texas

Adapted from the historical fiction novel Texas by James A. Michener, it includes only the section of the book related to Texas Independence and the Battle of San Jacinto.

James Reasoner

However, he has also written some well regarded historical fiction on earlier periods of American history including the American Civil War; early frontier pioneering after the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and the American Revolution.

Jane Dormer

Jane Dormer is a prominent character in Philippa Gregory's historical fiction The Queen's Fool, which emphasises her role as a close personal friend and a completely devoted and loyal follower of Queen Mary I, both before Mary's accession to the throne and throughout the ups and downs of her reign.

Janet McNaughton

McNaughton has been awarded the Violet Downey National Chapter of the IODE Book Award for the best Canadian English Language Children's Book, the Ann Conner Brimer Award for Children's Literature in Atlantic Canada, and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.

Jon Riley

In historical-fiction, Riley features in James Alexander Thom's novel St Patrick's Battalion: A Novel of the Mexican-American War, pub.

Kristiana Gregory

Kristiana Gregory, known also by her given name Lynn Christine (b. 1951 in Los Angeles, California to Harold D. Gregory and Virginia Jean Kern Gregory with two younger siblings Robert and Janet), is a popular author of children's historical fiction, including several for the Dear America and Royal Diaries series.

Lee and Grant at Appomattox

Lee and Grant at Appomattox is an historical fiction children’s novel by MacKinlay Kantor.

Margaret Blair Young

Her most recent works are a fictional trilogy of historical fiction about Black Mormon pioneers titled Standing on the Promises, co-authored with Darius Gray.

Margaret Douglas

Margaret Douglas plays a significant role in the historical fiction series the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett.

Metahistorical romance

Metahistorical Romance is a term describing postmodern historical fiction, defined by Amy J. Elias in Sublime Desire: History and Post-1960s Fiction. Elias defines metahistorical romance as a form of historical fiction continuing the legacy of historical romance inaugurated by Sir Walter Scott but also having ties to contemporary postmodern historiography.

Michael Cawood Green

He is the author of two works of historical fiction, Sinking: A Verse Novella about the 1964 Blyvooruitzicht sinkhole disaster, and For the Sake of Silence about the Trappists in South Africa.

Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger

Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger is a historical fiction novel written by Douglas Reeman under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

Novalis

Novelist Penelope Fitzgerald's last work, The Blue Flower, is a historical fiction about Novalis, his education, his philosophical and poetic development, and his romance with Sophie.

Peggy Shippen

Finishing Becca by Ann Rinaldi is a historical fiction novel based on the life of Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold, an army man.

People of the Wolf

People of the Wolf is a 1990 historical fiction novel by husband and wife co-authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear.

Peter Buckman

He is currently a literary agent, having started The Ampersand Agency in 2003, notable for having discovered and represented Vikas Swarup, author of Q & A, which was recently filmed as Slumdog Millionaire, and also being the agent for the estate of prolific historical fiction writer Georgette Heyer.

Pierre de Castelnau

His death is also portrayed in Elizabeth Chadwick's work of historical fiction, "Daughters of the Grail".

Richard Chancellor

Chancellor appears as a major character in the novel The Ringed Castle (1971), fifth of the six novels in Dorothy Dunnett's historical fiction series, The Lymond Chronicles.

Servant of the Bones

As a work of historical fiction, this novel has several characters who were real or from ancient mythologies: Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Marduk, Nabonidus, Pharaoh.

Shaara

Michael Shaara (1928 - 1988), American writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction

The Art of Keeping Cool

The Art of Keeping Cool is a children's historical fiction book by Janet Taylor Lisle published in October 2000 by Anthem Books.

The Divine Worshipper

The Divine Worshipper is a historical fiction novel written by Christian Jacq.

The Mark of the Golden Dragon

The Mark of the Golden Dragon is a historical fiction novel by L.A. Meyer.

Thomas Holt

Tom Holt (born 1961), author of humorous fantasies and historical fiction

Turtledove

Harry Turtledove, a historian and author who writes historical fiction, science fiction, and fantasy novels

Walter Spies

Vicki Baum accredits Walter Spies with providing her the factual historical information and details on Balinese culture for her historical fiction novel "Love and Death in Bali" - dealing with the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906), and first published in German in 1937.

William Hammond

William C. Hammond (born 1947), American novelist of historical fiction