Historical romance is a subgenre of two literary genres, the romance novel and the historical novel.
Historical romance is set before World War II. Many historical romances include contemporary attitudes, as, for example, the heroines often have far more education than was the norm in their time period.
This subgenre includes a wide variety of other subgenres, including Regency romance.
The following subgenres are commonly seen within historical ...
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Historical romance is a subgenre of two literary genres, the romance novel and the historical novel.
Historical romance is set before World War II. Many historical romances include contemporary attitudes, as, for example, the heroines often have far more education than was the norm in their time period.
This subgenre includes a wide variety of other subgenres, including Regency romance.
The following subgenres are commonly seen within historical romance.
These books feature Vikings during the Dark Ages or Middle Ages. Heroes in Viking romances are typical alpha males who are tamed by their heroines. Most heroes are described as "tall, blonde, and strikingly handsome." Using the Viking culture allows novels set in these time periods to include some travel, as the Vikings were "inverterate adventurers, founding and conquering colonies all over the globe." In a 1997 poll of over 200 readers of Viking romances, Johanna Lindsey's The Fires of Winter was considered the best of the subgenre....
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