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	Dragon Press: Ultima Fan Fiction
		A historical account of the time between the destruction of Exodus and the Quest of the Avatar, during which Lord British struggles against the grandson of his old rival, The Lost King, which ultimately ends with the unification of the vast realm under the flag of Britannia, but not without a terrible price.
		This is the tale of a group of adventures, united by chance, who take it upon themselves to save Britannia from the renewed menace of the Shadowlords, and the mysterious entity behind their release.
		The Tale began on the 6th of December 2000, and was last updated on the 25th of January 2002.
	dragonpress.tumbolia.org (4910 words)

	Violet Books: Historical Delights III
		The tale is a swashbuckler of old France in the manner of Alexander Dumas.
		This is a tale tale of the early days of Christianity in Rome, focusing to great extent on actual historical women whose histories are vague enough to permit this High Romance.
		G. Henty was without doubt the most popular historical novelist of the Victorian era and has in recent years undergone a surprising revival with numerous of his works reissued in trade paperbacks.
	www.violetbooks.com /gal-histdelight3.html (988 words)

	Cardiff Corvey Articles, VII.3: A. H. STEVENS. Tales of Other Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Historical works were produced in far greater numbers (10,000 historiographic works in contrast to 3,000 novels in the eighteenth century) and had far more prestige than the novel.
		In Britain, another type of ‘historical novel’ flourished in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, in the form of scandal fiction, or the ‘secret histories’ of the amours of historical figures.
		Just as historical novelists drew upon the antiquarian interest in manuscripts, and prefaced their volumes as an antiquary would preface a paper to the Society, they also used the scholarly apparatus developed by antiquaries and antiquarian-influenced historians to frame their novels.
	www.cf.ac.uk /encap/corvey/articles/cc07_n03.html (6825 words)

	Historical
		While this novel is an historical it is really a thriller that happens to be set in 1932, and that may explain it's freshness.
		In The Hunter's Tale, her graceful and moving description of a dysfunctional family is at the heart of the story.
		An unlikely entrant in the historical mystery genre, Holden nevertheless infuses 1920's Cincinnati with a real sense of time and place as he traces the self destructive path of a "Jazz Bird"- a well born girl who throws her society life away to marry a fabulous bootlegger.
	www.auntagathas.com /historical.html (10516 words)

	Genji bibliography
		The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, by Yasunari Kawabata and Donald Keene.
		Classic tale, based on fact, of the power struggle between the Minamoto and Taira warrior clans, culminating in the defeat of the Taira and the end of the Heian period.
		Rip-roaring tale of William Adams, who in 1600 became the first Englishman to set foot in Japan, and subsequently rose to the highest levels of the shogun's court.
	www.taleofgenji.org /bibliography.html (3649 words)

	Discovering Dickens - A Community Reading Project
		Though A Tale of Two Cities begins in 1770 with Doctor Manette’s release from the Bastille and ends in late 1793 or early 1794, the story as a whole covers a much broader period.
		From a historical point of view, A Tale of Two Cities gives a rather compressed account of the French Revolution; yet this is appropriate in a novel concerned as much with the lives of private individuals as with public events.
		Complete historical explanations will be found in the notes that accompany each issue of this re-serialization.
	dickens.stanford.edu /archive/tale/historical_context.html (448 words)

	Fairy tale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fairy tale is a sub-class of the folktale.
		Although in the nineteenth and twentieth century the fairy tale came to be associated with children's literature, adults were originally as likely as children to be the audience of the fairy tale.
		For instance, tales like Cinderella, in which a persecuted heroine, with the help of the fairy godmother or similar magical helper, attends an event (or three) in which she wins the love of a prince and is identified as his true bride, are classified as type 510, the persecuted heroine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fairy_tale (1878 words)

	Japanorama Classical Japanese Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		anonymous historical romance depicting the rise and fall of the Taira (aka Heike) clan and their defeat by the Minamoto (aka Genji) clan.
		Ikku is the author of Hizakurige (Shank's Mare, 1802-22), a picaresque tale of the misadventures of two rogues.
		Tales of Moonlight and Rain; Japanese Gothic Tales
	www.japanorama.com /classlit.html (1085 words)

	West Bend Community Memorial Library Adult Booklist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Their stunning tale of survival is the source of this epic debut in the tradition of "Gates of Fire".
		An award-winning historical novelist delivers an epic tale of medieval plots and royal intrigues, in the story of a skilled young knight, the woman he betrays, and their chance meeting years later.
		Pargeter weaves her tale into the politics of medieval England and Wales, and her knowledge of the period is most impressive.
	www.hnet.net /~wbcml/adulthistoricalfiction.htm (11466 words)

	XI. Lesser Novelists: Bibliography. Vol. 12. The Romantic Revival. The Cambridge History of English and American ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Mothers and Daughters: a tale of the Year 1830.
		By a Modern Pythagorean [R. ——The Modern Pythagorean, a series of tales, essays and sketches….
		Wilson’s historical, traditionary, and imaginative Tales of the Borders.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/222/1100.html (932 words)

	NATCHEZ - historical romantic fiction by Deb Crockett
		With historical accuracy and vivid character detail she transports you to the squalor of 'Natchez-Under-The-Hill'.
		Her frustrations in finding her way and her disillusionment in many of the things that life has in store for her make an intriguing tale set against the backdrop of a world where the lines of good and evil are not clearly drawn and survival has its price.
		It is easy to picture the fateful steamboat trip from Savannah to Natchez, Mississippi, as Rebecca Bennett travels with her father to purchase a cotton plantation and begin a new life.
	www.angelfire.com /tn/shadylady/romance.html (2164 words)

	FEN Book Groups
		Anansi Tale: A series of folktales of African origin which describe the adventures of Anansi.
		Fairy Tale: A tale of fiction, usually for children, with fanciful characters.
		Story: An imaginative tale which is shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story.
	myschoolonline.com /page/0,1871,0-129840-5-3835,00.html (882 words)

	Texas State Historical Association - Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online
		There is reason to believe that Cendrars himself attributed to his tale historical qualities, and surely the author's opinion of the character of his creation may safely be considered as relevant.
		Cendrars deserves to have it said of his tale that it is interesting and absorbing.
		It is not unreasonable to believe that its reading will supply enjoyment and even delight to many shut-in souls who have only been able to sip vicariously of the cup of adventure, and hence have no gauge to distinguish the real from the unreal—the true from the false.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /publications/journals/shq/online/v030/n3/review_8_print.html (801 words)

	Index of Western Yugur Folktales
		The historical tales and religious texts are dealt with separately in the sections on the history and religion of the Yugur.
		Tales of magic are folktales in which the protagonist sets out on a quest; after initial failure s/he succeeds in overcoming the encountered villain or other difficulties, usually with the help of a magical agent.
		The theme of many tales of magic is the process of maturation of the protagonist, the path s/he has to walk to find his or her happiness.
	home.arcor.de /marcmarti/yugur/folktale/folktale.htm (1295 words)

	Revisionism and Narratorial Reliability in The Handmaid's Tale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The first and most obvious function is that of expanding the historical background of the novel.
		In the "Historical Notes", Atwood presents two seemingly contradictory, though in fact tied-in themes, which are central to the novel.
		This is most obvious in the "Historical Notes", which then, though somewhat presented as an appendix, take on an extremely important role in understanding the novel as whole.
	hem.passagen.se /bascule/filmodrama/atwood.html (1324 words)

	Amazon.com: The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling the Smallpox Epidemic: Books: Jennifer Carrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The advantage of historical fiction is that it allows the author to recreate private conversations and psychological motivations that are often unavailable to historical analysis.
		That said, Carrell freely admits to fabricating events and dialogue for which there is no evidence -- the most extreme instance (but one befitting a heroic narrative) is the contrived meeting and friendship between her two heroes, Lady Mary and Boylston, in London.
		The result is an enjoyable tale, but the historical truth is buried in the endnotes.
	www.amazon.com /Speckled-Monster-Historical-Smallpox-Epidemic/dp/0525947361 (2178 words)

	Observer \| Blue-stocking author storms America with historical tale
		Dominating the bestseller lists across the Atlantic, it is already repeating the extraordinary international success of Tracy Chevalier's historical hit novel Girl With A Pearl Earring and it has even been tipped to achieve the enduring status of Umberto Eco's haunting whodunit, The Name Of The Rose.
		Her first historical novel has changed all of that, reflecting the current vogue for literary costume drama.
		US publisher Random House has just signed the author up for two more books in a 'substantial' six-figure deal, while two Hollywood film companies are jockeying for lead position in the race to produce a big screen version.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4904208-102285,00.html (930 words)

	Historical Markers
		How it got there is a tale of historical detective work, determination, effort and a lot of grimy labor.
		With the help of Mary Ann Smith, the chair of the marker committee, the Nyack Historical Society placed a handsome marker at the entrance to the cemetery.
		It is also about the men, women and young people of the present day, joyfully performing service of lasting value to their community because it's the right thing to do.
	nyackhistory.org /markers.htm (747 words)

	Laura Mills-Alcott Historical Romance Author REVIEWS
		THE BRIAR AND THE ROSE is a rich and inviting tale that brings readers an engrossing and multi-layered romance with a haunting and poetic back-story that is expertly interwoven with the main narrative.
		THE BRIAR AND THE ROSE is a strong historical paranormal romance that brilliantly uses nineteenth century tidbits (and to a lesser degree from the 1600s) to anchor the otherworldly elements into a warm tale that readers of both sub-genres will relish.
		One of the best, historical romances that I've read in a while, the Briar and the Rose is definitely not to be missed.
	www.fictionweb.com /authors/laura/reviews.htm (1603 words)

	(HISTORICAL) Tall Armenian Tale: The Other Side of the Falsified Genocide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		They are the familiar arguments regarding why the Armenians were relocated, but from the fresh perspective of emanating from the period.
		A rousing tale which bears no relevance to the Armenians, other than its being yet another example of Big Orthodox Brother Russia trying to kick The Sick Man of Europe, near her deathbed; told in an editorial format by Professor Mahmut Esat Ozan.
		He lays real history on the line, and provides some important historical documentation, as the Russian "Orange Book." It's a pity this important resource has been ignored, but luckily, we now have the Internet.
	www.tallarmeniantale.com /art-Historical.htm (2307 words)

	Bardic Tale - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Bardic Tale, an epic tale of historical impact sung by a bard or minstrel poet.
		Storytelling, relating of a story, either verbally or in written form.
		Short-story writing gives you the opportunity to let your imagination soar—freedom some students love and others find intimidating.
	encarta.msn.com /Bardic_Tale.html (126 words)

	Outpost Gallifrey: Reviews
		In recent days, I've become rather partial to historicals - The Marian Conspiracy and The Fires of Vulcan rate as two of my firm favourites in the BF collection, and having had a 6th & 7th Doctor historical adventures, this one looked very well placed in the schedule to be a 5th Doctor historical.
		Now I know not all historical figures have porridge heads, and I agree it can be long, drawn out and very dull to have the Doctor talk down to a historical character in simple words so they can understand him.
		I wanted/expected her to say 'What on earth are you babbling on about Doctor?' But from this point on in the story we were expected to believe that she could understand words that would have been completely out of her understanding.
	www.gallifreyone.com /review.php?id=bf-24&page=2 (694 words)

	Review: Elizabeth, the Movie
		It is relatively easy to accurately reproduce costumes of this period; there are scores of portraits to copy.
		As the daughter of Henry VIII, she fully understood the need to impress both her people and her enemies with her presence as God's anointed on Earth.
		Given the portraits of the characters as drawn in this script (no matter how historically slipshod), the acting is the highlight of the movie.
	www.britannia.com /history/reviews/elizreview.html (899 words)

	ESPN.com - Historical tale of the tape: This one's no contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Historical tale of the tape: This one's no contest
		Welcome to the 2001 World Series between the pinstriped Yankees, the most famous and successful team in American pro sports, and the purple-and-turquoise Diamondbacks, the team with a snake on its cap.
		The Yankees have a rich variety of traditions, ranging from their historic stadium to their famous players to even their logo.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1269558&type=story (814 words)

	ERBzine 0753: Minidoka C.H.A.S.E.R
		Minidoka is a captivating, humorous, satirical, and highly imaginative fairy story that presages the ERB talent that was to flower ten years later.
		Idaho was the setting for the tale and ERB created two imaginary kingdoms separated by the Raft River and “forever at war.” Burroughs’ facility in concocting names that were unusually rhythmic, colourful, or comical, which was strikingly evident in his later works, both the Tarzan and other worlds series, is noticeable at this early period.
		The result is a sprawling fairy tale bright enough to delight younger readers, yet sophisticated enough to entertain adults.
	www.erbzine.com /mag7/0753.html (1324 words)

	Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400) - "The Canterbury Tales" (in middle english and modern english)
		If we trust the General Prologue, Chaucer intended that each pilgrim should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back.
		He never finished his enormous project and even the completed tales were not finally revised.
		The historical event underlying this poem was the Trojan war recorded by Homer in his Iliad.
	www.librarius.com (1135 words)

	Thorn in My Heart - Reviews
		Higgs's extensive historical research brings this novel to life, from the details of the Lowland livelihood to the importance of religion in the lives of these Scots.
		Since this historical novel takes place in modern times, so to speak, Jamie won’t marry two women at the same time, as Jacob did.
		Higgs is a natural storyteller who has taken this simple plot and woven an amazingly complex, emotional tale of misunderstanding, hopelessness, and recovery.
	www.lizcurtishiggs.com /Fiction/Thorn/thornreviews.htm (1198 words)

	A Spinster's Tale Study Guide by Peter Taylor: Historical Context
		With that in mind, it is clear that Taylor is interested in exploring the time when the events of the story take place, rather than when Elizabeth is actually recalling them.
		However, as is the case with most of Taylor's fiction, the American South is featured prominently; from a historical perspective, this is important in several ways.
		With the story set fifty years before the Civil Rights movement, "A Spinster's Tale" provides insight into the racially segregated South of the first half of the twentieth century.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-spinsterstale/hist.html (202 words)

	Gudrun's Tapestry
		"Gudrun’s Tapestry is a fantastic historical tale with a touch of romance and a coming of age backdrop.
		The pacing moves this tale along quickly while providing many interesting cultural and historical insights to the period.
		It is a sweet love story, an amazing tale of revenge and most of all, the story of an intelligent, brave, selfless woman.
	www.beaglebay.com /gtsreviews.htm (610 words)

	The Margaret Frazer Tale
		In the spring of 1434 Dame Frevisse, out of the nunnery on her way to a family gathering, meets a long-lost blood relative, but blood is thicker than water and as easily spilled, and when a rich landowner is robbed and murdered, the blood may be on her own kin’s hands.
		In 1447 the ambitious Bishop of Winchester brings Dame Frevisse into a circle of treachery and death around the English throne, allying her with the player Joliffe and the bastard son of the heir to the crown.
		As secrets are dragged out into the light, Dame Frevisse realizes that there is a murderer among them who will not rest until the family legacy has been settled once and for all.
	www.soncom.com /fenyx/published/american.htm (906 words)

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