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Fictional history can be considered as sub-genre of fiction wherein the fictional characters try to capture the real time, feel and spirit of a given non-fictional history. Many books focusing on fictional history have been written. Also, there are plenty of television shows, movie shows and theater that feature fictional history. Authors of these stories have become famous due to the fact that many fictional history have become very famous that people sometimes confuse them with real history. English novelit Christopher Hart is a fictional history author who wrote about Rome and Atilla in their final days. Using the pseudonym William Napier, he wrote the stories The Scourge of God aka Attila in 2005 and The Gathering Of The Storm in 2006. Another fictional history author is British author Conn Iggulden. His main genre in writing is really on historical fiction. He has written the highly successful and best selling Emperor series. He claims to have been influenced by other fictional history authors like Bernard Cornwell, David Gemmell and Patrick O'Brian. Bernard Cornwell is another English fictional history author best known for this work on the adventures of Richard Sharpe. He has written 12 books which detailed the European campaigns of Sharpe. His books were later filmed for televisions series. Another similar genre in books is historical fantasy. Some of the most famous fictional history authors in fantasy are JRR Tolkien of The Lord of the Rings and JK Rownling of Harry Potter. These two stories are prime examples of very rich historical fantasies written in several books. Both stories have been made into highly successful movies which raked in millions of dollars in the box office. |
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