Historical Fiction combines two key elements, the historical or factual and fiction, the story telling. According to The Readers Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (RAGGF), this genre expects, in order to be historical there to be a wealth of accurate historical detail relating to setting. The Historical novel runs the gamut from rollicking to somber and the tone may be a major.The story may focus on a certain time period. It can also follow the life of a character, can be real or fake.The characters are based during a point in time of history.