Historical Novel - The Major Writers of Historical Novel

The historical novel is a type of novel in whichking Louis XIII.
characters are placed in a past time. The novelistGone With the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell:
often tries to portray that era sensibly andGone With the Wind (1936) written by Margaret
realistically in both spirit and fact. Let's see theMitchell is a powerful historical novel set during the
development of historical novels in this article.American Civil War (1861-1865) and the
Waverley (1814): The First Major Historical Novel byReconstruction time just after the war. It narrates
Walter Scott:the tale of Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern belle who
Waverley (1814) by Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scottsurvives on her family's plantation, Tara. The story
is the first major historical novel. It revolves aroundrevolves around Scarlett's infatuation with her
historical events in England, Scotland, and severalneighbor Ashley Wilkes.
other regions of the world.Historical North America in the Novel:
Major Novels by Alexandre Dumas:Many historical novels feature the subject of
French novelist Alexandre Dumas wrote two historicalHistorical North America. American novelist Kenneth
novels. Le comte de Monte-Cristo (1844; The CountRoberts's In Northwest Passage (1937) examines the
of Monte Cristo) is about a man unjustly sent behindlife of 18th-century American frontiersman Robert
bars. Les trios mousquetaires (1844; The ThreeRogers. American writer Robert Penn Warren's World
Musketeers) is a tale of three swaggeringEnough and Time (1947) is about political intrigues in
adventurers during the reign of 17th-century FrenchKentucky in the early 1800s.