Historical novelist K J Whittaker takes us on a time-travelling adventure as she selects five brilliant historical novels for teens.

What is historical fiction? Does it have to be historically accurate? Zimbabwean novelist Tendai Huchu talks us through five important examples of historical novels, including three set in Africa.

Which are the best historical novels? Bestselling author Vanora Bennett recommends.

The historian and author Alison Weir plunges us deep into the world of walled-up skeletons, Vikings, poisoning, intrigue, witchcraft and rebellion. This is the best of British historical fiction – novels that never compromise on painstaking research.