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Historical fiction

From: Karlan Sick <karlansick_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:55:06 -0800 (PST)

One way of determining if a novel is historical fiction is to ask if th e author lived during the period.  A 60 year old writing about the Vietna m War, for instance, would have first hand experience with the period which a 25 year old author would not have.   Karlan Sick
Received on Tue 06 Nov 2012 12:55:06 PM CST