historical novel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of historical novel
First recorded in 1820–30
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Ms. Lee, whose previous book was the 2017 historical novel “Pachinko,” sensitively chronicles the couple’s story of “coming down in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Nyathi is now finishing the first draft of a historical novel which she has been working on for the past two years - she says the themes will resonate with many people.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The 1975 murder of Italian subversive film director Pier Paolo Pasolini forms the tortured heart of Laing’s first historical novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
Morgan Jerkins has given us something magnificent in her second novel, “Zeal“: a sweeping historical novel that plants itself firmly in the present tense of American reckoning.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
It was like a page torn from a book, a historical novel, perhaps, dealing with the captivity in Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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