Home›Historical Fiction and Romance›All Historical Fiction and RomanceBrowse ByAll Historical Fiction and RomanceReference and ClassificationVerifiedNarrative fiction organized around a real or legendary past, and the related tradition of chivalric and courtly romance. Belongs here: the historical novel proper and the medieval or early modern romance narrative. 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Historical fiction (Wikipedia)Historical fiction, lead section, early-19th-century foundations sentenceQuote, Historical fiction, lead section, early-19th-century foundations sentenceHistorical fiction as a contemporary Western literary genre has its foundations in the early-19th-century works of Sir Walter Scott and his contemporaries in other national literatures such as the Frenchman Honore de Balzac, the American James Fenimore Cooper, and later the Russian Leo Tolstoy.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.