Re: Does anyone know of any good historical fiction?

Posted by badhaircut on January 7, 2004, at 12:47:44

In reply to Re: Does anyone know of any good historical fiction? » arora73, posted by NikkiT2 on January 5, 2004, at 10:39:08

"Burr" by Gore Vidal. It's about New York City in the early 1800s. I love the Aaron Burr character. Really humanized figures who were just names to me. Great period detail.
"Lincoln" by Gore Vidal. It tells the personal stories of the people around Lincoln even more than of Abe himself. Great storytelling with vivid wall-to-wall period details.
"Washington Square" by Henry James, also set in New York City. It wasn't written as a historical novel, but at 123 years old, it's a deep look at people in a world now gone.
-bhc

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Anything by Gore Vidal, esp. Burr, Lincoln, etc. (nm) sjb 2/24/04

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