The Intersection of History and Fiction in Literature and Film

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik was the name of the factory where Oskar Schindler employed Jewish workers during World War II.

Gone with the Wind is a novel by Margaret Mitchell, set in Georgia during the American Civil War.

Epps Plantation was the name of the plantation where Solomon Northup was enslaved in the film "12 Years a Slave".

War and Peace is a historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Lionel Logue was the speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer in the film "The King's Speech".

Midnight's Children is a novel by Salman Rushdie, set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Edmund Pettus Bridge was the name of the bridge where civil rights activists were attacked by state troopers in the film "Selma".

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez, set during the Colombian civil war.

Władysław Szpilman was the Jewish pianist who survived the Warsaw Ghetto in the film "The Pianist".

The Name of the Rose is a novel by Umberto Eco, set in a Benedictine monastery in the Middle Ages.

Alan Turing was the British mathematician who cracked the Enigma code in the film "The Imitation Game".

The Source is a novel by James Michener, set during the construction of the Panama Canal.

Itzhak Stern was the Jewish accountant who helped Oskar Schindler save lives in the film "Schindler's List".

The Handmaid's Tale is a novel by Margaret Atwood, set in a dystopian future where women are forced to become Handmaids.