First, there was history. Then came the books about it, by historians to begin with but later by politicians and other charlatans as well.
Then with the coming of modern readers markets came historical romance novels. They have had a lot of success in the West but haven’t caught on in India as a genre.
Then, much later, came the historical crime novels. Most of the ones I have read were situated in England and were by British writers. They were entirely forgettable.
Of late Americans, too, have been writing these. But these also don’t amount to much, being very
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