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Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.
The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History: John M. Ford: Fantasy alternate history combining vampires, the Medicis, and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV and Richard III. Kelly Country: A. Bertram Chandler: Australian bushranger and rebel Ned Kelly leads a successful revolution against British colonial rule. The result is that ...
A shoggoth (occasionally shaggoth [1]) is a fictional monster in the Cthulhu Mythos. The beings were mentioned in passing in H. P. Lovecraft 's sonnet cycle Fungi from Yuggoth (1929–30), and later mentioned in other works, before being described in detail in his novella At the Mountains of Madness (1931).
The final book of the series came out on May 15, 2017, under the name Guts & Glory: The American Revolution. The book tells all about the American Revolution , from the basics in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Declaration of Independence to the Culper Spy Ring and the Battle of Stony Point , in which Thompson makes sure to tell ...
It collected all the "Sorrows" epigraphs published in Koontz's work to date, as well as previously-unpublished text. The 22,000-word introduction includes a fictional history of the book. [1]: ¶6 That "history" asserts that those who read the full volume purportedly die in unusual and unpleasant ways, most often from their heads exploding.
Many of these fictional works, as well as a number of non-academic versions, are mentioned in stories featuring secretive cults. Whitney's translation is similar to the Pnakotic Manuscripts, a fictional text produced by the Great Race of Yith. The translation describes Yith, the planet from which the Great Race came, and the Great Race's ...
Mystra (/ ˈ m ɪ s t r ə / MIS-trə) [1] is a fictional goddess in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. She is the Mistress of Magic and Mother of Mysteries who guides the Weave of magic that envelops the world. She tends to the Weave constantly, making possible all the miracles and ...
After the Buster Sword was retired post-FFVII, it was replaced by the Fusion Swords, a set of combining blades that form a weapon with a similar silhouette. Excalibur: Named for the sword in Arthurian legend, the Excalibur appears in most of the Final Fantasy series as a powerful blade found near the endgame. Notably, the character Gilgamesh- a ...