Best Historical Fiction

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Edward, hipdeep, .Monkey., chgstrom, sjmccreary, richgatlin, skyrad43, freetrader, brenzi, elkiedee, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, RobPoulton, nagasravika.bodapati, bcrowl399, Lyn5r, sugandh, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, Asimina.Palaiou, ShawIslandLibrary, KarlaC,kiwiflowa ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,leslie.98
Erklärungen
aulsmith : Doesn't meet my definition of historical fiction.
sturlington : Took place during the author's lifetime and based partly on his experiences.
elkiedee: Historical fiction is set in the past but it can be a period within the author's lifetime - the past can look very different from 25 or 40 years later. I hope no one who argues this isn't a historical novel believes that either Possession or The Daughter of Time, both above this in the list, are historical fiction. They are brilliant novels which I would recommend to fans of historical fiction but they are both contemporary novels with significant interest for historical fiction readers.
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
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kageeh, Nickelini, kiwiflowa, rainpebble, Cecrow, roby72, sjmccreary, richgatlin, DeltaQueen50, deldevries, brenzi, michalsuz, thecoroner, elkiedee, kcorrea, Ameise1, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, John_Vaughan, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, GerrysBookshelf, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, rplinke, fredasteele, KarlaC,longway ,smcwl ,aulsmith ,lewbs ,Matteocalosi ,leigonj ,Luisali ,leslie.98
Erklärungen
smcwl : Not written as historical fiction.
elkiedee: I think historical fiction can be set in the relatively recent past. 10 years after the war writers in countries on all sides might well have had a very different perspective on those events. I would have no problem regarding a novel written this year but about the Iraq war that started in 2003 and ending before this, as historical fiction. Or a book set in Britain under the last Labour government, or the US just after Obama was elected or reelected, as historical fiction. I think it might be a bit soon to consider a pandemic novel historical fiction, but maybe within 5 years it will be part of our history.
Matteocalosi : Partly autobiographical and written only 10 years after the end of the war, not historical fiction
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
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kageeh, .Monkey., rainpebble, DeltaQueen50, deldevries, brenzi, Twixi, Himalmitra, cej1027, JoeKingman, jaromdl, DDreawriter, lamotamant, fredasteele,kiwiflowa ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Erklärungen
sturlington : Took place during the author's lifetime and is partly based on his experiences.
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hipdeep, freetrader, Doey, peterveen, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, jaromdl, dsp501, mspixieears, Laura1124, ShawIslandLibrary, steller0707,cpg ,smcwl ,kiwiflowa ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,lewbs ,alex68 ,acceptance ,RobPoulton ,leslie.98 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Erklärungen
aulsmith : Not historical fiction. Vonnegut was actually in Dresden.
sturlington : Science fiction.
RobPoulton : Most definitely not historical fiction.
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
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SqueakyChu, roby72, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, ShawIslandLibrary, steller0707,alex68 ,leslie.98 ,FranzK72 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Erklärungen
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction; written at the time of events described
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Cecrow, Doey, John_Vaughan, Himalmitra, ahef1963, DDreawriter, Laura1124, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, steller0707,aulsmith ,alex68 ,leslie.98 ,FranzK72 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Erklärungen
aulsmith : Not historical fiction by my definition.
leslie.98 : not historical fiction
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Cecrow, Doey, peterveen, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith : Not historical fiction. Takes place during the author's life time.
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Erklärungen
aulsmith : Not historical fiction. Author participated in similar events.
sturlington : Not historical fiction.
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
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