History in Fiction

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Excerpt from History in Fiction: A Guide to the Best Historical Romances, Sagas, Novels, and TalesThe present work was begun as an amplification of the Historical Appendix to my Guide to the Best Fiction, published in 1903. As the result of efforts to include every good work of prose fiction dealing with past times, it has grown into a kind of dictionary of 'historical' romance from the earliest sagas to the latest historical novel. The word historical has been given a wide interpretation, so as to embrace stories that portray the life of the past in any way whatsoever, no matter if actual persons and actual public events have no place in them. Mr. Jonathan Nield, in his most useful Guide to Historical Novels and Tales - which, by the way, does not aim at this degree of comprehensiveness - has written an able and sufficient defence of the reading of historical romance. Although this kind of fiction is not the most prolific in masterpieces, it undoubtedly has a special charm for a great many people, while on the educational side, even a fourth-rate historical novel may have ample excuse for existence. Though chronology may be at fault, and facts inaccurately stated, a good tale often succeeds in making a period live in the imagination when text books merely give us dry bones.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.