One falsehood is that people through out history were illiterate. The second is to see historical fiction as anything ddifferent from fantasy, science fiction o

One falsehood is that people through out history were illiterate. The second is to see historical fiction as anything ddifferent from fantasy, science fiction or other forms of entertainment. History =|= historical story telling Ken Follet wrote a novel about building a cathedral, he didn'r write a book about medival cathedral building. Very important difference.