Rodwell Grant. Whose History? Engaging History Students through Historical Fiction

The University of Adelaide Press, 2013. — 283 p.List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
AcknowledgementsThe Challenges of Compulsory History in the Australian
School Curriculum
Compulsory History: the Issues Confronting Teachers
Student Engagement through Historical Narratives
Pedagogical Dimensions of Historical Novels and Historical Literacy
Understanding the Genre of Historical Novels
Defining the Historical Novel
The Increase of History as a Subject for Novels: Memory and the Context of Interpretation
‘The plot against the plot’: Page-turners for Students
Counterfactual Histories and the Nature of History
Alternate Histories in the Classroom
‘Caught in time’s cruel machinery’: Time-slip Novels in the History Lesson
Deconstructing the Historical Novel
Whose History? Historical Fiction and the Discipline of History in the Classroom: Varying Views of the Past
Understanding the Past through Historical Fiction
Unpacking Historical Novels for their Historicity: Historical Facts and Historical Agency
Key Themes in Australian History and their Reflection in Historical Novels