Historical Novel Example

Narrate facts based on the story. Let's read a piece of The Antiquarian, by Walter Scott:
"Only those who have witnessed such a scene can imagine the uproar and upheaval in Faiport. The windows were illuminated with a hundred lights that, rapidly appearing and disappearing, indicated the confusion in the houses. The women of the popular classes were gathering and making a commotion in the market. The landowners, arriving from the different valleys, galloped through the streets, some in isolation, others in groups of five or six, as they had met on the road. The drums and fifes of the volunteers, calling to arms, mingled with the voices of the officers, the sound of hunting horns, and the ringing of bells. The ships that were in the port were illuminated and the boats of the warships added to the noise, disembarking men and rifles destined to help the defense of the place. This part of the operations was directed by Taffril with great activity. Two or three light ships had already dropped their moorings and set out to sea in order to discover the supposed enemy.

Such was the scene of confusion as Sir Arthur Wardour, Oldbuck, and Hector passed through the streets in the direction of City Hall. This was illuminated and there the regidores were already gathered with many of the knights in the vicinity. And it could be observed on this occasion, as in others of the same kind that occurred in Scotland, how the good sense and strength of the people made up for all the deficiencies of inexperience.
The aldermen were harassed by the commissars ...
Let us put the horses, "said Bailiwick Littlejohn," in our warehouses, and the men in our salons; let us share our dinner with each other, and our fodder with the others. We have acquired our goods under a free and paternal government; the time has come to show that we recognize its value.
All those present expressed their assent with joy and all the wealth, with people of all ranks, was unanimously consecrated to the defense of the country. "(Cf. Complementary bibliography, N * 51)