Many writers are attempting to tap into this passionate conversation by producing a stream of historical fiction sequels to once-contemporary novels, such as PD James's take on Pride and Prejudice, the recently televised Death Comes to Pemberley; Sally Beauman herself embarked on this most meta-fictional of readerly responses through her Du Maurier sequel, Rebecca's Tale, set in the 1950s.
Even if you agree with this, which I most certainly don't, does that justify giving her this year's prize – for a historical fiction, a sequel, a book that was healthily plodding along on the bestseller charts pre-longlisting?
As strictly a survey of a historical phenomenon, "Christianity" -- the sequel to a 1998 presentation covering the first millennium -- does its job creditably, managing to be cogent and sweeping at the same time.
It was only in Toho's later Godzilla sequels that a historical camp (so successfully peddled by the US in Godzilla: King of the Monsters!) began to creep into the Godzilla project.
He has returned to more traditional historical ground for "Theodore Rex" (Random House), a sequel to his first book that covers Roosevelt's presidency, 1901-9.
Why we're excited In what was just about a historical first, Pixar suffered a critical knock last year: their sequel Cars 2 sequel was panned as lazy and derivative.
Last year's serial killer haunt was apparently popular — and horrifying — enough to prompt a sequel, with new killers both historical and fictional.
This gave him some difficulty, as he had almost exhausted his historical sources in part I; consequently the sequel has, at first glance, an appearance of padding.
Moreover, for Debord, as a sequel to the paralysis of "historical development", the contrast between town and country has become submerged in a sclerotic suburbia.
