Writings of Brian Lee Beshore

   The One True God       Chapter 1; The Gods Throw a Party.       Another cloudless day; the face of Ra dominated the sky with his fierce yellow fire while the golden serpent of The Great Mother undulated between the trees. Seemingly, riding upon her back was a thin band of blue sky playing hide and seek among the dunes.       It was a great day to be alive. And this was a very special day out of all the great days to be alive that I had amassed in my seventeen years of life; I was standing on the steps of the Temple with my admissions paper in my hand. The wax seal was melting a little and running, so I rolled the paper up to keep the seal from the face of Ra in hopes that this would serve to preserve it better.      Behind me were the three great arched doors of the Temple.       To think that some people believed that candidates actually had to choose a door or answer three questions to be admi...

Historical fiction books are books where the story line is set in a specific time in history. The cultural settings, behavior and manner of speech are often depicted as accurately as possible and any historical events are often made to follow actual historical accounts. Wikipedia gives an extensive definition with many examples of historical fiction books.  So what is the difference between an historical fiction book and a book on history? I think, short answer; any time you tell a story or write in a narrative style within a historical setting, you have an historical fiction book. The work may have famous historical figures in them or it might have completely fictitious characters in the story. An example of the latter would be The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame. This book is often given credit for fueling the movement to preserve gothic architecture in France. Examples of historical fiction involving actual figures from history would be the movie ‘Amadeus,’ or the movie ‘Immortal Belove...