Home›Historical Fiction and Romance›Setting Country or Place›Duchy of MilanBrowse ByDuchy of MilanFactsDuchy of MilanSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1800 1Duchy of MilanFilter Results1 entryGenreAllHistorical Fiction (1)AuthorAllAlessandro Manzoni (1)Composition YearAll1821 (1)1827 (1)Original LanguageAllItalian (1)Country of OriginAllItaly (1)AudienceAllGeneral (1)Show ResultsThe BetrothedDuchy of MilanSources1. 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.