historical fiction can be very cool
I read a really cool historical fiction book about Michelangelo which I was in school. It took place in the historical setting of the Renaissance period.  
oh thats quite interesting
Yeah it was really interesting because the book paid close attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period, including how insane some of those popes were.
yea thats what makes it so cool all the details and interesting facts and changes
I think they are great because they can give the reader a first person point of view on how the historical figures may have responded in a particular setting or environment. 
yea it really is very interesting and fun to read
These works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized by historians for their lack of authenticity, because they sometimes give the reader false expectations.
yea i can understand if they arent very well thought out
the genre for its other thematic and critical interests.
Historical fiction as a contemporary Western literary genre has its foundations in the early-19th-century works of Sir Walter Scott and his contemporaries in other national literatures such as the Frenchman Honoré de Balzac, the American James Fenimore Cooper, and a later Russian, Leo Tolstoy. However, the melding of "historical" and "fiction" in individual works of literature has a long tradition in most cultures; both western traditions (as early as Ancient Greek and Roman literature) as
Historical fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for the historical novel, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.
An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period depicted. Authors also