http://blog.catherinedelors.com/another-review-of-mistress-of-the-revolution-at-lucy-pick-books-and-musings-on-historical-fiction-subgenres/ by historical novelist Catherine Delors, author of For the King Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://blog.catherinedelors.com/another-review-of-mistress-of-the-revolution-at-lucy-pick-books-and-musings-on-historical-fiction-subgenres/#comment-2178 Catherine Delors Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:27:46 +0000 http://catherinedelors.com/blog/another-review-of-mistress-of-the-revolution-at-lucy-pick-books-and-musings-on-historical-fiction-subgenres/#comment-2178 I feel the same way as a writer, Lucy. In my second and third books, some of my protagonists are historical characters, but completely obscure ones, to the point where I have to "discover" them. History has recorded their names because they were the driving forces behind famous events, but it has not remembered them. Strange combination, when you think of it, but very common: obscure actor/famous event.<br /> I feel the same way as a writer, Lucy. In my second and third books, some of my protagonists are historical characters, but completely obscure ones, to the point where I have to “discover” them. History has recorded their names because they were the driving forces behind famous events, but it has not remembered them. Strange combination, when you think of it, but very common: obscure actor/famous event.

]]> http://blog.catherinedelors.com/another-review-of-mistress-of-the-revolution-at-lucy-pick-books-and-musings-on-historical-fiction-subgenres/#comment-2177 lucy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:08:29 +0000 http://catherinedelors.com/blog/another-review-of-mistress-of-the-revolution-at-lucy-pick-books-and-musings-on-historical-fiction-subgenres/#comment-2177 I like reading both kinds of books, especially if the "famous characters" type tells me of people and events I know nothing about. But because I am a historian in "real life," I prefer to write about ordinary people. I write fiction to tell the kinds of stories I can't tell in non-fiction. I like reading both kinds of books, especially if the “famous characters” type tells me of people and events I know nothing about. But because I am a historian in “real life,” I prefer to write about ordinary people. I write fiction to tell the kinds of stories I can’t tell in non-fiction.

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