There's something magnetic about historical novels that blur the line between fact and fiction. You get the drama, the characters, the storytelling - but underneath it all, there's real history. Real ...

XO Éditions, a leading French publishing house, announces that its flagship author Mireille Calmel, a major figure in French medieval historical fiction, is about to cross the symbolic milestone of 4.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grace Kelly, Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Ingrid Bergman…Hollywood’s Golden Age brought about some of the most beautiful and iconic ...

You know that amazing feeling when you settle into a good story and the rest of the world just falls away? Now imagine that ...

Few forms of entertainment captivate like a really good story that whisks you away to another time—and historical romance ...

While actual time-travel remains the stuff of science fiction, well-researched historical fiction can fling the mind back through centuries and land you squarely in the action. And the rewards go far ...

Recent pop culture would lead many to believe that historical fiction is mainly the province of the bodice ripper. The popularity of Netflix’s Bridgerton alongside other period drama faves Downton ...

Location is key in these history-inspired novels whose settings include Alabama in the 1960s and Washington during the McCarthy era. Quinn’s thriller-esque works are mostly set in wartime, but in this ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian’s perspective. You can find these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The publishing landscape is changing yet again, with the most recent shift set to impact readers of historical romance books.

In contemporary publishing, novels fixated on the past rather than the present have garnered the most attention and prestige. The 68th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, 2017. On Friday, ...