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- If one of your reading priorities is to continue lifelong learning, historical fiction should be a part of your reading life. Retelling history from the perspective of fictional characters can create an emotional connection to past events.
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Apr 27, 2020 · If one of your reading priorities is to continue lifelong learning, historical fiction should be a part of your reading life. Retelling history from the perspective of fictional characters can create an emotional connection to past events.
- Elise Moser
Apr 24, 2017 · Reading historical fiction has colored my decisions and changed my actions—I truly believe it has made me a better person. I asked nine other authors what they thought about the importance of historical fiction and why reading historical books is more crucial now than ever before.
Feb 23, 2024 · Author Ruth P. Watson discusses the importance of embracing the act of reading and writing historical fiction and how it's impacted her life.
Sep 14, 2016 · My last read and current read happen to both be historical fiction (And, come to think of it, I believe the first historical fictions I have ever read): The Ghost Hunters by Neil Spring and Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold (currently reading).
Mar 26, 2020 · In three separate surveys of reading habits and preferences (check the Reader Surveys tab on this blog), the top three reasons for reading historical fiction are: (1) to bring the past to life, appreciating how people lived and coped in very different times, (2) because it’s a great story, and (3) to understand and learn about historical ...
May 7, 2015 · As of today, 1944 people have taken the 2015 reader survey and 104 took the time to comment on why they read historical fiction. A sampling of responses: The “educational” part is important to me and I tend to pick authors for whom historical accuracy is important.
May 15, 2016 · Why should we read Historical Fiction? I’m going to let you into a little secret: I never intended to write Historical Fiction. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy reading it from time to time, but in my pre-novel days when I focused on the short story form, they were almost always set in the present day.
