historical-fiction

Updated: May 25, 2025

And the result is, if we read enough of the sort I describe above, we build the idea of an exciting, dangerous, extra-human continent, visited by half-real people of the texture of the historical-fiction hero, who have strange and interesting adventures which we could not possibly imagine happening to ourselves. This type of book is directly responsible for the second sort.

Stewart Edward White - The Land of Footprints