Ever since I can remember, the historical novels I've loved best were edgy and featured characters who were not only deeply flawed, but downright dubious. My favorite protagonists are accused murderers and power-hungry politicians, rogue detectives and charming gangsters. They're spies and collaborators. They might be looking for redemption or wrestling with their own complicity in a corrupt world. These aren't villains in the usual sense; they're the sympathetic though difficult heroes of their own stories. There is good in them-maybe a lot of it-and it's the pull between their better and worse natures that makes them so fascinating.
Historical Novels and the Morally Gray Character | CrimeReads
13 April 2020
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