Historical romance

Kathleen Woodiwiss's *The Flame and the Flower*

Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the early 19th century.^[1]

^ Christiansen, Rupert (2004) [1988, Bodley Head, ISBN 0-37031117-5. Paperback reprints, Cardinal, 1989 ISBN 0-7474-0404-6; Vintage, 1994. ISBN 0-09936711-4], Romantic Affinities: Portraits From an Age, 1780–1830 (paperback) (reprint ed.), London: Pimlico, pp. 192–96, ISBN 1-84413421-0.

[1] Christiansen, Rupert (2004) [1988, Bodley Head, ISBN 0-37031117-5. Paperback reprints, Cardinal, 1989 ISBN 0-7474-0404-6; Vintage, 1994. ISBN 0-09936711-4], Romantic Affinities: Portraits From an Age, 1780–1830 (paperback) (reprint ed.), London: Pimlico, pp. 192–96, ISBN 1-84413421-0.

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