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In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine of Aragon, and I could not put it down. When I finished it, I had to find out the true facts behind the story and if people really carried on like that in those days. So I began to read proper history books, and found that they did!
Alison Weir

Meaning of "historical novel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HISTORICAL NOVEL

historical novel  [hɪˈstɒrɪkəl ˈnɒvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HISTORICAL NOVEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Historical novel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HISTORICAL NOVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Historical novel

A historical novel is a novel set in the past and intended to evoke the conditions of a past period. Many historical novels include historical figures as major or minor characters.

Definition of historical novel in the English dictionary

The definition of historical novel in the dictionary is a fictional novel which is set in real events in history.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HISTORICAL NOVEL


antinovel
ˈæntɪˌnɒvəl
approval
əˈpruːvəl
arrival
əˈraɪvəl
carnival
ˈkɑːnɪvəl
civil
ˈsɪvəl
devil
ˈdɛvəl
evil
ˈiːvəl
festival
ˈfɛstɪvəl
grovel
ˈɡrɒvəl
level
ˈlɛvəl
marvel
ˈmɑːvəl
medieval
ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
nonnovel
ˌnɒnˈnɒvəl
novel
ˈnɒvəl
oval
ˈəʊvəl
ovel
ˈɒvəl
photonovel
ˈfəʊtəʊˌnɒvəl
removal
rɪˈmuːvəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl
travel
ˈtrævəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HISTORICAL NOVEL

historic
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
historic episcopate
Historic Places Trust
historic present
historical
historical geology
historical linguistics
historical materialism
historical method
historical present
historical school
historical-cost accounting
historically
historicalness
historicise
historicism
historicist
historicity
historicize

WORDS THAT END LIKE HISTORICAL NOVEL

A level
A-level
airport novel
detective novel
dime novel
entry-level
graphic novel
gravel
high-level
hovel
low-level
mechanical shovel
on a level
on the level
saga novel
shovel
steam-shovel
swivel
the novel
top-level

Synonyms and antonyms of historical novel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «historical novel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HISTORICAL NOVEL

Find out the translation of historical novel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of historical novel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «historical novel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

历史小说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

novela histórica
570 millions of speakers

English

historical novel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऐतिहासिक उपन्यास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رواية تاريخية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

исторический роман
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

romance histórico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঐতিহাসিক উপন্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roman historique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Novel sejarah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

historischer Roman
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歴史小説
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역사 소설
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Novel sejarah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiểu thuyết lịch sử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரலாற்று புதினம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऐतिहासिक कादंबरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tarihi Roman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

romanzo storico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powieść historyczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

історичний роман
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roman istoric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιστορικό μυθιστόρημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

historiese roman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

historisk roman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

historisk roman
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of historical novel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTORICAL NOVEL»

The term «historical novel» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.044 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTORICAL NOVEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «historical novel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «historical novel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about historical novel

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3 QUOTES WITH «HISTORICAL NOVEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word historical novel.
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Nancy Horan
If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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Sharon Kay Penman
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey.
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Alison Weir
In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine of Aragon, and I could not put it down. When I finished it, I had to find out the true facts behind the story and if people really carried on like that in those days. So I began to read proper history books, and found that they did!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTORICAL NOVEL»

Discover the use of historical novel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to historical novel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Caballero: A Historical Novel
The novel examines the impact of the 1846-48 war with Mexico on a tejano family and particularly on Mexican women. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Jovita González Mireles, José Eduardo Limón, María Eugenia Cotera, 1996
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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel
Updated with a new foreword by Moss Roberts for this fifteenth anniversary edition, Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring ...
Guanzhong Luo, 2014
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On the Historical Novel
Alessandro Manzoni was a giant of nineteenth-century European literature whose I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, 1928) is ranked with War and Peace as marking the summit of the historical novel.
Alessandro Manzoni, 1996
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Writing History as a Prophet: Postmodernist Innovations of ...
This is a postmodernist history of the historical novel with special attention to the political implications of the postmodernist attitude toward the past.
Elisabeth Wesseling, 1991
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Latin America's New Historical Novel
In other words, the emergence of the elitist, potentially canonical New Historical Novel as the dominant subgenre since the late 1970s has been paralleled by the proliferation of the popular traditional historical novel. Although I have chosen ...
Seymour Menton, 2010
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The Historical Novel: An Essay
This 1924 book is an engaging study of the interrelation between the historical novel and the study of history.
Herbert Butterfield, 2012
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Theory of the Novel: A Historical Approach
McKeon and others dwelve into the significance of the novel as a genre form, issues in novel techniques such as displacement, the grand theory, narrative modes such as subjectivity, character, and development, critical interpretation of the ...
Michael McKeon, 2000
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Clarinda, a Historical Novel
The Book Written In English Is A Novel Set In The Mid-18Th Century.
A. Mātavaiyā, Lakshmi Holmstrom, 2005
9
Paris: The Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Edward Rutherfurd, the grand master of the historical novel, comes a dazzling epic about the magnificent city of Paris.
Edward Rutherfurd, 2013
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The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650-1950
Richard Maxwell. that human culture changes through a process of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, if one adheres closely to the doctrine of“sublation” by which the conflicts of history are always being raised to a higher level, then the stasis ...
Richard Maxwell, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTORICAL NOVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term historical novel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 'Scenes From an Execution' Features Jan Maxwell as a …
... the bloody Battle of Lepanto, onstage or on screen or in a fat historical novel. Loose-living, convention-flouting and a monster of monomania, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Beyond the Bookshelves: Sensory Storytime offers opportunities for …
Part fantasy, part adventure, part historical novel, the story of Vango's flight across Europe and his adventures along the way is guaranteed to ... «Suburban Life Publications, Jul 15»
3
Saturn Booksellers hosts author Rosen - Petoskey News-Review
“I loved 'What the Lady Wants,' an historical novel based upon Marshall Field of, well, Marshall Field's — the great Chicago-based department ... «Petoskey News-Review, Jul 15»
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U.S. Grant author at Bailey House - The Ledger Independent
GEORGETOWN, Ohio | The U.S. Grant Homestead Association is hosting the national release of a new historical novel by Joe Krom, Ulysses ... «Ledger Independent, Jul 15»
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Letters to LJ, July 2015 Issue - Library Journal
It is a secular historical novel. I'm afraid anyone picking it up because it got a good review under “Christian fiction” will be deeply disappointed. «Library Journal, Jul 15»
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Offline Dating: Why It's Better Than Tinder | InStyle UK
It seems like an antiquated, romantic practice from an historical novel. The last few times I have been asked on a date it has occurred through ... «instyle.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Remembering Father Mel La Follette - Alpine Avalanche: News
In later years he spent a significant amount of time writing an historical novel set in the era of the Republic of Texas. He insisted on finishing his ... «Alpine Avalanche, Jul 15»
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VIDEO: My night in North Devon's most haunted bedroom, at …
If you ever fancied writing a historical novel this would be the place to do it. You can only imagine the romantic, windswept, dramatic and ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
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'Miss Emily,' by Nuala O'Connor: A fictional look at the Belle of …
Descriptions of all these menial activities add rich texture to this historical novel. Ada is the kind of girl who attracts suitors — and trouble — yet ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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M'sia in mess created by lack of leadership | Free Malaysia Today
Lim ended with the opening of Charles Dickens' historical novel “The Tale of Two Cities”, which was one of the prescribed texts for literature ... «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 15»

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