Synonyms for historical fiction

Grammar : Noun

Définition of historical fiction

As in roman a clef : noun novel disguising real people as characters

Example sentences :

Recently there has been a notable revival in historical fiction.
Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter

The world is filled with historical fiction; it is the cant and the sham of the hour.
Extract from : « The Journal of Arthur Stirling » by Upton Sinclair

Whatever may be said of the physical facts of this narrative, its mental facts, its tone and atmosphere, are historical fiction.
Extract from : « Lincoln » by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson

Historical fiction and popular fancy delight in such contrasts.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853 » by Various

The truth is that in my mind the story is nothing but a serious and even earnest attempt at a bit of historical fiction.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

In “Monte-Cristo” Dumas left the path of historical fiction for the romance of his own time.
Extract from : « Rural Rides » by William Cobbett

At any public library he can find a catalogue of historical fiction arranged according to centuries.
Extract from : « Why Worry? » by George Lincoln Walton, M.D.

Shortly after the marriage, Tolstoi began the composition of a leviathan in historical fiction, War and Peace.
Extract from : « Essays on Russian Novelists » by William Lyon Phelps

Like historical fiction, drama of the Southwest has been less dramatic than actuality and less realistic than real characters.
Extract from : « Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest » by J. Frank Dobie

Historical fiction dealing with early day Texas is, however, distinctly maturing.
Extract from : « Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest » by J. Frank Dobie

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