1 definition by Tipsy Pipsi
(n) a fictional work which portrays an elaborate account of a particular historical event or movement in a more or less believable way, but using fictitious source material.
A case can be made for Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code being the central text of the Factasy genre; however, an equally compelling case can be made for the inclusion of such divergent works as Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
by Tipsy Pipsi April 1, 2011