• What IS historical fiction? How do YOU define it?

  • Apr 26 2024
  • Length: 56 mins
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What IS historical fiction? How do YOU define it?

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  • This episode is sponsored by Paul Bernardi's brand new historical thriller Blood Feud. Please check it out HERE!

    On today's episode we're talking about what IS "historical fiction". It's a genre that seems to encapsulate so many other genres, crime, thrillers, action and adventure… but what actually makes a story historical fiction?

    The Historical Novel Society defines the genre as works "written at least fifty years after the events described". Do you agree with that? What about alternative history? What about novels that were written as contemporary fiction but are now hundreds of years old? What about fiction set in a time SO remote that it's essentially speculative? We discuss these points and more!

    Take a listen to this fascinating topic and please let us know what you think constitutes "historical fiction".

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