Historical fiction is a creative writing which incorporates real facts, events, places and persons into an imagined story. Historical fiction should be well researched so that the imagined story is realistic for the time, place, events, and persons. Characters in historical fiction should act, speak, and react as they would have in real life in so far as it is possible for the author to know their personalities. Events should be portrayed as they actually happened, even though the author may add or invent details which are not real. Historical fiction may be used by an author to express an opinion about past events or persons which cannot be proved.
Historical fiction is a pleasurable way to learn about events, places and persons in history.
The class will be divided into groups which will research the historical places, events, and persons in the book. Events a. Eleanor of Aquitaine a. King Henry II c. Beginnings of King Arthur Legend d. Constantinople b. England e. List several examples of correct characterization.