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Originally Posted by Foles  For one, it's always a little unbelievable simply because most famous people's lives are very well documented, unless you're very far back in time. So in order to interact with a famous figure, you'd have to be in the shadows all the time, and sometimes things would just seem too convenient and contrived that it slips under the radar of history. That's my two cents, anyway. |
Hmmm... yeah that is a good reason. It would be nice that even if you would check the details of the story they still have something like: this could be possible!
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Originally Posted by SJAB As to number three on the list; Sarum: The novel of England and London, both by Edward Rutherford use a variation of this theme, the cities being the main characters and the family members the second. James Michener did the same, but both these are gaints in the field of the historical novel.
I would also add Norah Lofts with her Suffolk House, Gad's Hall and Pargeters all deal with a house, and the familes that live in them over the years. All are very detailed in the way historical events affects the house and the families, none has any "happy endings" as such, and all have an undercurrent of supernatural/local myths in them which can at times be unsettling. She also wrote one of the best novels about Richard the Lionheart I have ever read, called "The Luteplayer", again very dark, near the knuckle, and again an off kelter type of approach. |
So acctually point 1 and point 3 have already been done many times. It might get a bit overdone but if the skills of the writer are good then that shouldn't be a problem. Has point 2 ever been done yet that anyone knows of? BTW, those books sound interesting. I might buy some of them and read them.