Historical Fiction

The Trailblazer Series introduces young readers (ages 8 to 12) to many interesting historical figures, through stories in which children of the past interact with Christian heroes.

For this special time of year, author Tracie Peterson brings Tidings of Peace, a set of four novellas about Christmas during World War II. Each of the four stories takes place in December, during one of the last three years that America was at war: 1942, 1943, and 1944.,For this special ...

Hidden Places, a historical fiction novel by Lynn Austin, vividly relates the struggles and hidden secrets of a farm family in the early 1930s.

The Wolf Pit, by Marly Youmans, tells two unrelated stories from the Civil War era: one of a Confederate soldier; the other of a mute mulatto slave woman. With vivid description and emotion, Youmans depicts the horrors of war, including war prison camps, as well as the injustices in a slave’s ...

Set during Acadia of the 1750s, in which the European war between England and France carried over to the frontier, The Meeting Place is primarily a story of relationships and love. Much of the book follows the ordinary lives of two families, one French and one English, and how they meet ...

Of Men and Of Angels, the second book in Bodie and Brock Thoene's Galway Chronicles series, continues the story of Ireland's tenant farmers in the early 1840s, a time of conflict between the ruling English and the subjugated Irish.

First-time author Cindy Polansky brings a story that is born out of the horrific event of the Holocaust.

Glimpses of Truth, a historical fiction novel, tells a story of 14th century England, when John Wycliffe first translated the Bible into English.

Angela Elwell Hunt's novel Rehoboth describes in great detail a "forgotten" event in colonial history, known as King Philip's war. The greatest uprising of the native population against the English settlers, King Philip's war lasted over a full year (1675-1676), and took more lives, per capita, than any other war fought ...

This article discusses Dicken's classic "A Tale of Two Cities," describing in particular one scene that contemporary authors have imitated and adapted for their own historical fiction stories.