Home›Historical Fiction and Romance›Setting Country or Place›SienaBrowse BySienaFactsSienaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1800 1SienaFilter Results1 entryGenreAllThe Novel (1)AuthorAllPope Pius II (1)Composition YearAll1444 (1)Original LanguageAllLatin (1)AudienceAllGeneral (1)Show ResultsThe Tale of Two LoversSienaSources1. 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.