Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the first winner of the National Book Critics Circle ...

(Hamish Hamilton) Jodi Picoult’s first foray into historical fiction sees the best-selling author ask us to consider: what if Shakespeare wasn’t who he thought he was? What if he was actually ...

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Historical novels are a perfect combination of escapism and enrichment. Through these works of fiction, readers can learn ...

Instead, it breathes life into historical characters we might already be familiar with, or gives a voice to forgotten figures, making us see the era from a different perspective. The best ...