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4 days ago · The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Vintage. Colson Whitehead makes one major change to historical fact in his 2016 novel: The titular Underground Railroad, the path that escaped slaves took to get from the South to the North, is reimagined as an actual network of clandestine locomotives.
2 days ago · The New Life: A Novelby Tom Crewe. Paperback Jan 2024. 416 pages. Published by Scribner. The protagonists of The New Life are based on two real-life figures — John Addington Symond and Havelock Ellis — who co-wrote a historical-scientific text called Sexual Inversion, just like in the novel.
5 days ago · The sequels (Wheel of the Fates & Crown of a King) both received 4.5 ratings or better on Amazon. With an AB in history from Dartmouth College, Gleason brings a strong understanding of the events that shaped history. He says he writes historical fiction to discover “why.” He and his wife live in Virginia. Learn more at www.jboycegleason.com.
1 day ago · Added to that, a myriad of historical magazine articles and more short stories than you can sha ke a stick at. What is your favorite genre to write? A commonality is historical fantasy. The f antasy elements tend to be subtle. I like grounding the stories in nitty-gritty reality, using well-researched historical or socio-cultural contexts.
2 days ago · It is the cheap and readily digested historical fiction of the hive mind people - all lies but oh so pretty to imagine. That history belonging to “innocent Europeans” - wearing those pilgrim costumes - who came to America to become free and democratic and to have Thanksgiving with the “Indians”.
3 days ago · In today’s world, alternate history is most closely associated with science fiction. In a typical work in the field, the author imagines the way history might have been affected if some historical event had turned out differently. The best-known current example of alternate history may be Philip K. Dick ’s iconic novel, The Man in the High Castle.
May 19, 2024 · Books: Book Reviews, Book News, ... May 13, 2024 • The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a relatively new literary award given to women and nonbinary authors.
