Theme-A-Crostics

Historical fiction will most likely remind you of some of the history you've studied, but mixed with the added feature of a plot with fictional characters and dialogues. Our snippets can obviously cover only a minute choice of a vast number of events, overall time periods, and world locations; however the pleasure of the genre stems not only from enjoying a novel but also musing over its historical basis - perhaps turning later to further factual study. Accompanying the solution to each of the 40 puzzles is a short description of the work, some biographical information about the author, and where to find more detail - an appropriate add-on to the usual challenging fun for fans of acrostics.