Why We’re So Obsessed With Historical Love Stories
When I was 13 and my sister was 11, we were obsessed with a book about Anne Boleyn that we discovered in our middle school library. This led to us being the youngest people by at least 50 years when we saw “The Other Boleyn Girl” in theaters together, a memory that still makes us laugh.
My love for historical romance stories led me to read Nicholas and Alexandra for the first time and to my Grandpa introducing me to Anna Karenina when I was 15. It also led to me bingeing The Tudors with my mom at 17 to cheer me up after my first heartbreak (the cure to a broken heart is lots of chocolate bars and Henry Cavill) and my fascination with Bonnie & Clyde when I was 19. A love for historical romance is something I share with many friends and members of my family, and we’re not the only ones.