Here's another post on this topic! Yesterday, I made a post on an intro to history (non-fiction) books. Today, I wanted to talk about historical fiction.
What's the main difference between history and historical fiction? When you see "history" on its own, it tends to mean nonfiction - real events, places, people, etc. While alluding to real events, places, people, etc., historical fiction is fictionalized to a certain extent.
Here are 6 things you should know about historical fiction.
1: It should not be taken, at face value, as history.
2: If you're not sure about an event, person, place, etc., just Google and research it a little.
3: Epic poems such as The Iliad, The Odyssey, the Aeneid, and Beowulf can be counted as historical fiction.
4: Mythology, like epic poems, can also be counted as historical fiction.
5: Historical fiction is inundated with World War II settings.
6: Historical fiction has a lot of romance as subplots.
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