"It’s a mesmerizing piece of storytelling with absolutely no historical significance, and it captures something essential about writing historical fiction: the research is my favorite part." https://crimereads.com/the-joy-of-researching-historical-fiction/
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Best historical fiction I’ve read is the Alienist Trilogy, by Caleb Carr.
Odd fact: When I read those, I was working in that part of Greenwich Village.
Very close to the fictional “Number 808”