I've done a literature degree so am familiar with some methods of research, but I have an idea for a piece of historical fiction I want to write, but no real idea of how to go about writing it with any authenticity. I need to know how to do the research that will give me all the right information - how people actually lived, how society functioned etc. Can anyone recommend a good online guide, or a good book, that can give me suggestions and guidelines on how to do this research?
A good guide to doing historical research - recommendations?
i don't really know a site but if you now know a few points from your topic, you can try to search them in the internet and you will be able to know more information about them. besides, you have a literature degree and you will be able to comprehend easily informations you get. but whenever you are searching, always see if the site has aunthentic sources that you know well.
maybe this sites can help you
http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/
Good Luck!
Reply:Thanks - that site is actually very useful. Report Abuse
Reply:I have read several historical biographies about the Romanov Tsars and find that you get a pretty good idea about how people lived in their time periods. If you want to write something based on history, you cannot just find one or two sources...you just have to read, read, read.
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