We don’t call certain works of fiction “historical novels” because they take “novel” detours from historical fact. But, it seems, we might. In Larry McMurtry’s classic western, Lonesome Dove (1985), a ...

Books are like balms — grabbing the right book at the right time can provide the perfect antidote for what you’re going through at that very moment. Whether you need a dose of hope, happiness, comfort ...

Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston, this eloquent, impassioned novel uses the demise of a gentle mammal to chart ...

With this selection of historical novels, you can journey to various times and places: the royal courts of Henry VIII in England and Augustus the Strong in Central Europe, 17th-century Denmark, ...

The 20th century looms large in this selection of five new historical novels. Momentous events — the sinking of the Titanic, life after World War I, the Hollywood blacklists — shape the lives of ...

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 ...

The beautiful gowns, the high-society balls, the memorable characters, the pitch-perfect banter, the steamy romantic storylines…we could go on and on listing all the reasons we adore Netflix's ...

UNLESS I miss my guess, the time is ripe for good historical novels. Fiction of this sort was rather shoved to one side in the years following the war, when realism and irony were in favor. I recall ...

While researching family ancestry and genealogy, Eliott Secrest learned about one of his ancestors, Francis Locke, and his involvement in the Revolutionary War, and that information “spurred my ...