By Nadifa Mohamed New Historical Fiction: Witch Hunts, Wartime and Mysterious Murders Inspired by the true story of the first woman condemned as a witch in medieval Ireland, “Bright I Burn ...

The best short stories are indisputable proof ... but these are not the traditional war stories told in historical fiction. The author, who based this 1990 book on his own service in Vietnam ...

There’s a reason we’re drawn to the past. History is inescapable. Decisions are made on the back of past events, and lives are affected by the stories of those that came before us. Historical fiction ...

A few relatively inexpensive books — plus some websites — can ensure that your Texas history remains factual. Let's set aside ...

Nothing gets kids excited about history like a gripping story. Times, people, and places that might seem dull or far away in a textbook come to living, breathing life in historical novels like the ...

Provided that such reconstructions are compatible with the evidence, they can deepen historical understanding in ways not available to the historian ... Jesse Norman’s The Winding Stair (2023), the ...

There are so many reasons to love short stories; not least their ability to immerse us in new worlds in the time it takes to commute to work, or the common themes that weave through anthologies to ...

The author reads her story from the July 29, 2024, issue of the magazine.

Saunders was famous for his short stories before this book became a bestseller and won the Booker ... “But I needed them more.” One of the best works of historical fiction in recent years, this story ...

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999.