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

This isn’t Enrigue’s first foray into historical absurdism. His previous novel published in English, You Dreamed of Empires, retells the encounter between the conquistador Hernán Cortés and the Aztec ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While you could fill a library with biographies, autobiographies and other nonfiction books about U.S. presidents, the stories of ...

As a historical fiction author, Kristina McMorris has made a career out of exploring untold nuggets of history. Her novel “Sold on a Monday” was inspired by a real newspaper photo of children under a ...

These novels take readers to frigid Finnish forests, the sweltering Caribbean, Jim Crow America and war-torn Paris.

Music is a timeless way to connect with people all around the world, thanks to its universal themes of love, loss, heartbreak, joy and more. Music can also give us insight into different time periods ...

Historical fiction is a genre with a sweeping scope and never has that statement felt more true than in 2024. Some of the biggest titles arriving this year feature stories set in periods from Ancient ...

Susan Corso and the cover of her latest novel in the "Subversive Lovelies" series. In an era where historical fiction often focuses on grand societal movements, author Susan Corso takes a different ...

The French publishing house highlights the exceptional career of its flagship author, a leading voice in Templar and Cathar fiction, whose work has been translated into 15 languages ...

Stephen King isn't just a horror master. He's a fantastic sci-fi writer, too, and this historical fiction masterpiece proves it.

In “The Hounding,” by Xenobe Purvis, the atmosphere of paranoia and bloodthirsty groupthink in 18th-century England might feel uncomfortably familiar. By Joumana Khatib Our columnist on 4 noteworthy ...

As a genre, historical fiction is by its very nature eclectic. After all, it can and does often contain multitudes. From tales of ancient Greece and Arthurian Britain to stories set in Victorian-era ...