Historical fiction
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Fiction: Indenture as seen by a woman in a British-owned sugarcane plantation in 19th-century India
Joanne Joseph
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A new book of short stories is based on eyewitness accounts of women’s lives in royal harems
Apala G Egan
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‘I’d like to see historical fiction that talks less about kings and wars and more about people’
Abdullah Khan
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Historical fiction has more readers than ever but for its authors, the genre can be a minefield
Anuja Chandramouli
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‘Kama’s Last Sutra’: An archaeologist is sent back in time to 11th century Khajuraho in this novel
Trisha Das
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In this historical novel, a series of gruesome murders rocks emperor Ashoka’s palace
Ravi Shankar Etteth
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The Scroll.in review of Devi Yesodharan’s novel ‘Empire’: The author’s response
Devi Yesodharan
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This work of historical fiction about the Chola dynasty is more fiction than history
Ruchika Sharma
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Detail, detail, detail: British TV show ‘Poldark’ adviser on how she stripped down history
Hannah Greig, The Conversation