Category:Writers of historical romances

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Writers of historical romances, a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Walter Scott helped popularize this genre in the early 19th-century, with works such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe.[1]Literary fiction historical romances continue to be published. It is also a genre of mass-market fiction, which is related to the broader romantic love genre.

  1. ^ Christiansen, Rupert (2004) [1988], Romantic Affinities: Portraits From an Age, 1780–1830 (paperback reprint ed.), London: Pimlico, pp. 192–96, ISBN 1-84413421-0.