I love historical fiction I took a class in college and became a fan of literary genre.
yes historical fiction is one of my favorite as well
It is very interesting the different formats and how it is applied have you been to a art show to see the visual art of some historical fiction pieces? 
I haven't but that would definitely be something I would be interested in doing.  what type of art do they display?
It is very beautiful they have different visuals from theatre, opera and graphic novels. 
Thats awesome!  I may have to check one out sometime
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a book made up of comics content. Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the term "graphic novel" is applied broadly and includes fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work. It is distinguished from the term "comic book", which is generally used for comics periodicals.
Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term "graphic novel" in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics fanzine "Capa-Alpha". The term
Dostoyevsky wrote: "My strong conviction is that a writer of fiction has to have most profound knowledge—not only of the poetic side of his art, but also the reality he deals with, in its historical as well as contemporary context. Here [in Russia], as far as I see it, only one writer excels in this, Count Lev Tolstoy."
Nikolai Leskov, then an anonymous reviewer in ("The Stock Exchange Herald"), wrote several articles praising highly "War and Peace"