From Horrible Histories to Hilary Mantel, fiction has long helped us to understand the past - and forces us to question how historical narratives are formed
From Horrible Histories to Hilary Mantel, fiction has long helped us to understand the past – and forces us to question how historical narratives are formedElizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in series five of The Crown century Britain into conversation, I have also found myself ashamed by the inevitable confession that follows. I am not, as I may appear, a notable intellectual with a ludicrously impressive general knowledge.
The debate surrounding historical fiction – which has recently included the work of authors such as Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory – has raged for decades. Historian and historical fiction writer Simon Sebag-Montefiore has said that “historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such”: ie, it’s best not to dwell on how “true” it is to real life.
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