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Q&A What genre would a fictional eyewitness account of a real historical event fall under?

I've written a short story about a true historical incident which involves a very famous person in history. The incident is true as are the people involved in it. But the story is a fictional eyewi...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by srini‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:10:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48667
License name: CC BY-SA 4.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar srini‭ · 2019-12-08T13:10:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
I've written a short story about a true historical incident which involves a very famous person in history. The incident is true as are the people involved in it. But the story is a fictional eyewitness narrative of that incident from a person who was not mentioned in it, but could have been one of the principal witnesses.

What genre does this story fall under?

It can't be Alternate History because the narrative mentions an incident which actually happened.

Could it be Historical? Could be termed as Biographical?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-10-22T12:17:43Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 4