Historical Fiction

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See Category:Historical Fiction for the description that used to be here.

Examples of Historical Fiction that are not already on Category:Historical Fiction include:

Anime & Manga

see also Jidai Geki

• Mademoiselle Butterfly, set in the 1930s with geishas.
• Peacemaker Kurogane, covering the pre-Meiji period from The Shinsengumi point of view.
• Rose of Versailles, set in pre-revolutionary France.
• Rurouni Kenshin, set in the early Meiji period.
• Vinland Saga, chronicling the rise to power of Cnut the Great in the Viking Age, amongst other things.
• Historie, set in the time of Alexander the Great.
• Sakura Gari is set in the Taishou Era.
• Shut Hell, set in the early 13th Century, during Genghis Khan's time.
• Hakuouki is another Shinsengumi tale, this one casting the members of the group as Estrogen Brigade Bait.
• Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken is set in Vienna, 1907.
• Le Chevalier d'Eon, set in 18th Century Europe.
• Kaze to Ki no Uta set in 1880 in France.

Film

see Category:Historical Films and Category:Historical Animated Films

• Arn the Knight Templar, dealing with the Crusades and the establishment of Sweden as a kingdom.
• Ever After, during the French Renaissance. Complete with Leonardo da Vinci (and the Mona Lisa).
• Ben-Hur, set during Jesus' lifetime.
• The Robe, set during the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula.
• Quo Vadis, set during Nero's reign
• Spartacus, a retelling of Spartacus' revolt.
• Gladiator, also set during Commodus' reign.
• Forrest Gump inserts the title character at various points in American history from Elvis Presley to Hurricane Camille.
• Gone with the Wind, set during the Civil War and featuring an iconic burning of Atlanta.
• Master and Commander
• Pearl Harbor - Unlike other Pearl Harbor movies, you have to sit through Developing Doomed Characters first.
• Gangs of New York, set just before the Civil War draft riots, which break out during the climax.
• Titanic is set during the 1912 sinking of the famous ship.
• U-571, set during World War II

Literature

See Historical Fiction Literature

Live Action TV

See Historical Series

Theatre

• Henry IV
• Henry VI

Web comics

See Category:Historical Webcomics

Western Animation

• Liberty's Kids, set in The American Revolution.
• Princess Sissi, a German series that takes a lot of liberties with the story of Elizabeth of Bavaria's life.
• Pocahontas
• Mulan
• Anastasia
• An American Tail, though taking place in a Mouse World, mirrors what life was like for immigrants in New York during the 1880's.