a historical novel
21historical — historic, historical are sometimes distinguished in meaning. Historic is used when the idea of association with history in the sense of being celebrated, well known, or deserving to be well known is stressed {we shall visit many historic spots on …
22historical*/*/ — [hɪˈstɒrɪk(ə)l] adj 1) connected with history or with the past The painting depicts an actual historical event.[/ex] historical research/evidence[/ex] 2) based on people or events that existed in the past a historical novel[/ex] historically… …
23historical — his•tor•i•cal [[t]hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, ˈstɒr [/t]] adj. 1) why of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records[/ex] 2) why based on or suggested by history or documented material from the past: a historical… …
24Historical powers — include great powers, nations, or empires in history. The term Great power represent the most important world powers. In a modern context, recognised great powers came about first in Europe during the post Napoleonic era.[1] The formalization of… …
25List of historical novels — Historical novels are listed by the country in which the majority of the novel takes place.Afghanistan* The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini (from Russian invasion to rise and fall of Taliban)Argentina* On Heroes and Tumbs by Ernesto Sabato (19th… …
26Historical revisionism (negationism) — For the critical re examination of historical facts, see Historical revisionism. Historical revisionism is either the legitimate scholastic re examination of existing knowledge about a historical event, or the illegitimate distortion of the… …
27novel — The establishment of the Franco regime at the end of the Civil War had negative consequences for all cultural activity, not least the novel. Those pre war novelists who were not dead or exiled found themselves, for the most part, reduced to… …
28novel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. story, book, romance, epic; novella. See description, writing. adj. new, unusual, different, remarkable, unique. See newness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. new, odd, innovative, different; see original… …
29Historical whodunnit — The historical whodunnit is a sub genre of historical fiction which bears elements of the classical mystery novel, in which the central plot involves a crime (almost always a murder) and the setting has some historical significance. The detective …
30Novel of manners — The novel of manners is a literary genre that deals with aspects of behavior, language, customs and values characteristic of a particular class of people in a specific historical context. The genre emerged during the final decades of the 18th… …
