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Historical fiction is having a moment ... This immersive novel from the author of Small Pleasures (one of the best books I read in 2022!) follows an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital ...

The best historical novels of 2024 do all this and more, covering many millennia as they take us from ancient Greece to Shakespearean London to Cold War Europe. How are we classifying a period piece?

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A good historical novel has the power to transport us ... (Harper Collins) Jodi Picoult’s first foray into historical fiction sees the best-selling author ask us to consider: what if Shakespeare ...

Instead, it breathes life into historical characters we might already be familiar with, or gives a voice to forgotten figures, making us see the era from a different perspective. The best historical ...