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Topic: Historical Fiction

The Good Lord Bird (William Gray/SHOWTIME)

A zany take on abolitionist John Brown

Melanie McFarland
Sara Gruen, Sarah McCoy (Paul M. Howey)

Gruen and McCoy on writing

Sara Gruen, Sarah McCoy
Mark Rylance in "Wolf Hall" (Playground & Company Pictures)

Our enduring Tudor obsession

Laura Miller
Johanna Skibsrud, Joan Silber (W.W. Norton/Dan Davis Photography/Barry Goldstein)

Joan Silber
Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Macall B. Polay/Salon)

A real-life "Game of Thrones"

Laura Miller
Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel (AP/Gill Allen/Reuters/Luke Macgregor)

Mantel is not an assassin

Laura Miller

Sex, crime and landladies

Laura Miller

A black Huck Finn

Laura Miller

A Gothic cathedral of plot

Laura Miller

A World War II do-over

Laura Miller

Shady Swedes! Powdered wigs!

Laura Miller

Hilary Mantel's power play

Laura Miller
Lena Headey in "Game of Thrones"

"GOT's" real-life inspirations

Laura Miller
Pre-Tea Party tea people

The Tea Party's soapy new historical drama

Alex Pareene

Doc Holliday, as you've never known him

Katherine A. Powers
And in the beginning, there was Richard Hatch.

History Channel hires reality guru for Bible show

Drew Grant
A still from "The Princess of Montpensier"

A deliciously old-school French bodice-ripper

Andrew O'Hehir
Michele Bachmann claimed last week that Gore Vidal's novel "Burr" turned her against the Democratic Party

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks to the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Jacquelyn Martin)

Bachmann shock: Gore Vidal made her a Republican

Alex Pareene

Laura Miller

Allen Barra

Salon Staff

Laura Miller

Laura Miller
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