Topic: Historical Fiction

The Good Lord Bird

A zany take on abolitionist John Brown

Melanie McFarland
Sara Gruen, Sarah McCoy

Gruen and McCoy on writing

Sara Gruen, Sarah McCoy
Wolf Hall

Our enduring Tudor obsession

Laura Miller
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A real-life "Game of Thrones"

Laura Miller
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Mantel is not an assassin

Laura Miller
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Sex, crime and landladies

Laura Miller
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A black Huck Finn

Laura Miller
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A Gothic cathedral of plot

Laura Miller
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A World War II do-over

Laura Miller
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Shady Swedes! Powdered wigs!

Laura Miller
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Hilary Mantel's power play

Laura Miller
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"GOT's" real-life inspirations

Laura Miller
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The Tea Party's soapy new historical drama

Alex Pareene
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Doc Holliday, as you've never known him

Katherine A. Powers - The Barnes & Noble Review
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History Channel hires reality guru for Bible show

Drew Grant
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A deliciously old-school French bodice-ripper

Andrew O'Hehir
Michele Bachmann

Bachmann shock: Gore Vidal made her a Republican

Alex Pareene
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