Time and space shifting: author David Cairns on the difficulties of writing detailed historical fiction set in Scotland from ...

The Longlist for the sixteenth Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced by The Abbotsford Trust, which now runs the prestigious literary award. The twelve novels contending for the ...

Historical fiction takes you on a journey to another time, teaching you about history as you go. If you like realism, but at arm’s length from our current era, try one of the new historical ...