The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650-1950 (Paperback)

Acknowledgments; List of illustrations; Introduction; Part I. Transmissions and Transformations of Historical Fiction: 1. History in glimpses, or, how historical fiction survived the eighteenth century; 2. Inundations of time: Scott's reinvention of the historical novel; Part II. The Franco-Scottish Model for the Historical Fiction: 3. Pretenders in sanctuary: phantoms of the world-historical character; 4. History on the walls: siege novels and the lure of collective heroism; Part III. The English Historical Novel: An Alternative Path: 5. Juvenile: children, play and history; Notes; Chronological list of historical novels; Select bibliography; Index.