Using Hisortical Novels to Teach History
A few years ago I returned to reading fiction on a regular basis. Since my interest is history I chose historical novels and jumped back in with Con Iggulden's book War of the Roses: Stormbird . I found the book for a mere dollar at a local store and took it to the deer stand. I was hooked! So I checked out the the remaining books in the series and enjoyed every one of them. What a great way to learn history, I thought, as I kept referring to other sources to fill in my gaps of knowledge. After Iggulden I turned to Ken Follet's book The Pillar of the Earth , which I had found at a Good Will store and worked my way through that series as well with World Without End and Column of Fire , which took me on a tour de force from 1123 to 1606. I especially like medieval history so this was a real treat. Follet is an engaging novelist so it was not at all hard to work my way through his tomes (which often reach 900 to 1000 pages each!). I switched to a somewhat earlier perio