historical novel in English

omance novel whose story takes place against a background of historical events

Use "historical novel" in a sentence

1. Backlands 2014 “(An) enthralling saga.” Historical Novel Society

2. Bà Chua Che by Nguyen Trieu Luat is a historical novel.

3. Blindspot is a surprisingly engaging historical novel set in Boston in 1764

4. The 2021 Historical Novel Society Conference will once again offer our popular Blue pencil Café, albeit in virtual format

5. Centennial - a 12-episode television miniseries - is based on the best-selling historical novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener

6. Brokenly Live On is a beautifully written historical novel by Lauren Sobka that captures cultural and historical aspects of late 1800s France

7. Brokenly Live On is a beautifully written historical novel by Lauren Sobka that captures cultural and historical aspects of late 1800s France.

8. Henryk Sienkiewicz, a famous Polish novelist and Nobel prize winner, author of historical novel With Fire and Sword included a critical mention of "...

9. Captivity [is] a sprawling (more than 800 pages), picturesque, old-fashioned historical novel about the Roman Empire, in the showy tradition of Ben Hur and I, Claudius.

10. Courting Misfortune By Regina Jennings A Christian, historical novel In 1898, the young daughter from a well to do family in Kansas City, embarks on another case for the Pinkertons

11. The Antiquary is not so much a historical novel as it is a novel about history--about how and in what ways people bury, distort, and attempt to recall the past

12. The Twelve Abbots of Challant (Italian: I dodici abati di Challant) is an historical novel by Laura Mancinelli published in 1981 and winner of the Mondello Prize in the same year.

13. LAwless is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by John Hillcoat.The screenplay, by Australian singer-screenwriter Nick Cave is based on Matt Bondurant's historical novel The Wettest County in the World (2008)

14. This is the name of a character in the historical novel Amaya, or the Basques in the 8th century (1879) by Francisco Navarro-Villoslada (Amaya in the Spanish original; Amaia in the Basque translation).

15. Based on a true story, " Arrogant Agitation: Pleasure and Struggle in the 1960s" is an historical novel that explores the life of one woman in the chaotic 1960s as she struggles to overcome her past and become a new person.

16. The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi [i proˈmessi ˈspɔːzi]) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842.It has been called the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language

17. When the coronavirus broke out in Northern Italy in February, commentators reached immediately for the great historical novel, The Betrothed (1842), by Alessandro Manzoni, to describe the sense of panic gripping the country.The story culminates in the great plague of 1628-30, which ultimately took the lives of a quarter of the population of Northern Italy at the time.

18. ‘Sir Walter Scott may be the father of the historical novel but on this evidence his fellow Borderer, Michael Scott, was a man ahead of his time.’ More example sentences ‘This was a well deserved victory but Tipperary Borderers ensured that it was hard earned: both sides can take credit for an admirable display with honest endeavour

19. ‘Sir Walter Scott may be the father of the historical novel but on this evidence his fellow Borderer, Michael Scott, was a man ahead of his time.’ More example sentences ‘This was a well deserved victory but Tipperary Borderers ensured that it was hard earned: both sides can take credit for an admirable display with honest endeavour