Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series - to Which Is Added the Cream of Wit and Humour - From His Popular Writings
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series - to Which Is Added the Cream of Wit and Humour - From His Popular Writings
                                            
                            By John Hartley
                            
                                19 Apr, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        In historical fiction, the plot is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period portrayed. Some authors choose to include famous historical figures in their fictional plots so that audiences can
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                                                In historical fiction, the plot is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period portrayed. Some authors choose to include famous historical figures in their fictional plots so that audiences can imagine how those individuals might have responded to the plots and environments established by the author. The Western literary component of this genre is founded in the early 19th century works of such authors as Sir Walter Scott, Honoré de Balzac, James Fenimore Cooper, and Leo Tolstoy. Less