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Recommendations for books where Fact and Fiction merge

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nannynick · 17/04/2022 15:58

Hi all, I have just finished The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor. Intermingling real information about the photos of the Cottingley Fairies with a fictional storyline. Are there other books like this, where there is a factual story interwoven with a fictional one?

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FadedRed · 17/04/2022 16:22

Edward Rutherford’s vast tomes are historical fact with a mix of real and fictional characters. Don’t be put off by the length. Sarum, Paris, Russia, London, Ireland, Dublin etc.

hanahsaunt · 17/04/2022 16:19

I have just finished The Dictionary of Lost Words which is a gorgeous read weaving a story on the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary and the main protagonists.

JaninaDuszejko · 17/04/2022 16:12

Pat Barker's Regeneration series about the first world war have real life characters interacting with her fictional characters.

Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy is a fictional version of the life of Thomas Cromwell.