▁reports ▁of ▁every day ▁events " ▁found ▁in ▁contemporary ▁newsp apers . ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁this ▁variant ▁form ▁of ▁historical ▁novel ▁include ▁U . S . A . ▁( 1 9 3 8 ), ▁and ▁R ag time ▁( 1 9 7 5 ) ▁by ▁E . L . ▁Doctor ow . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁bi ograph ies ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁Had rian ▁by ▁the ▁Belg ian - born ▁French ▁writer ▁Mar guer ite ▁Your cen ar ▁is ▁about ▁the ▁life ▁and ▁death ▁of ▁Roman ▁Emperor ▁Had rian . ▁First ▁published ▁in ▁France ▁in ▁French ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁as ▁M ém oires ▁d ' H ad rien , ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁an ▁immediate ▁success , ▁meeting ▁with ▁enorm ous ▁critical ▁acc laim .< ref >" Be coming ▁the ▁Emperor : ▁How ▁Mar guer ite ▁Your cen ar ▁rein vent ed ▁the ▁past ". ▁Books , ▁The ▁New ▁York er , ▁February ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁. </ ref > ▁Margaret ▁George ▁has ▁written ▁fict ional ▁bi ograph ies ▁about ▁historical ▁persons ▁in ▁The ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁Cle op atra ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁and ▁Mary , ▁called ▁Mag dal ene ▁( 2 0 0 2 ). ▁An ▁earlier ▁example ▁is ▁Peter ▁I ▁( 1 9 2 9 – 3 4 ) ▁by ▁Ale k sey ▁Nikol ay ev ich ▁Tol sto y , ▁and ▁I , ▁Claud ius ▁( 1 9 3 4 ) ▁and ▁King ▁Jesus ▁( 1 9