Episode 186: Historical Fiction Favorites

Notes:

The Verbivore references a YouTube video that talks about challenging the view of history as “great men doing great things”, by sitting with the awkward truth that the victor goes the ability to tell the story. That video is “Author Learnig Center - Tips for Researching and Writing Historical Fiction”.

The Verbivore references a YouTube video where historical fiction writer Ruta Sepetys talks about her book Fountains of Silence. That video is titled “Bradford Literature Festival - Hidden Histories with Ruta Sepetys”.

In this episode, we touch on the following previous podcast episodes:

- Episode 17: Being kind to your readers and writing subtle character growth (Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock Series)

- Episode 58: Let's talk about Mexican Gothic  

- Episode 104: Reader conversation about Sister Heart

- Episode 179: The Bridgerton series

- Episode 184: Historical fiction part 1

- Episode 185: Historical fiction part 2

Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation:

- MasterClass Article “What is Historical Fiction? Definition of the Historical Fiction Genre and Tips for Writing Your Historical Novel”

- CeladonBooks.com Article “What Is Historical Fiction?”

- IAPWE.org Article “The Subgenres of Historical Fiction”

- HistoryThroughFiction.com Article “The History of Historical Fiction, in brief”

- TCKPublishing.com Article “8 Most Popular Historical Fiction Tropes”

Books and Films Mentioned:

- A Study In Scarlet Women (The Lady Sherlock Series Book 1) by Sherry Thomas

- Beloved by Toni Morrison

- Kindred by Octavia Butler

- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

- The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- The Iliad by Homer

- The Odyssey by Homer

- Clytemnestra: A Novel by Costanza Casati

- Henry V by Williams Shakespeare

- The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

- Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

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