Naomi Williams, author of “Landfalls” (2015), delivers a talk titled “Dancing through the Alternative Facts: Cannibal Stories, Hagiographies, and Fictionalizing the Lapérouse Expedition.” This talk was included in the session titled “History and Fiction: Strange Bedfellows?” Part of “Fictive Histories/Historical Fictions,” a conference held at The Huntington May 12–13, 2017.

Fictive Histories / Historical Fictions

Dancing through the Alternative Facts: Cannibal Stories, Hagiographies, and Fictionalizing the Lapérouse Expedition

This interdisciplinary conference takes the recent popularity of the historical novel as a starting point to explore the relationship between history and fiction. The plenary speaker, Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel (“Wolf Hall”), will appear in conversation with Mary Robertson, former Huntington chief curator of British historical manuscripts. The conference was held at The Huntington May 12–13, 2017.

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Fictive Histories / Historical Fictions