▁Jane ▁Aust en ▁( 1 7 7 5 – 1 8 1 7 ), ▁as ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁historical ▁nov els . ▁ ▁Historical ▁fiction ▁sometimes ▁encourag ed ▁movements ▁of ▁rom antic ▁national ism . ▁Walter ▁Scott ' s ▁W aver ley ▁nov els ▁created ▁interest ▁in ▁Scottish ▁history ▁and ▁still ▁ill uminate ▁it . ▁ ▁A ▁series ▁of ▁nov els ▁by ▁Jó zef ▁Ign acy ▁K ras zew ski ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Poland ▁popular ized ▁the ▁country ' s ▁history ▁after ▁it ▁had ▁lost ▁its ▁independence ▁in ▁the ▁Part itions ▁of ▁Poland . ▁Henry k ▁S ien k iew icz ▁wrote ▁several ▁imm ens ely ▁popular ▁nov els ▁set ▁in ▁conflicts ▁between ▁the ▁Pol es ▁and ▁pre dat ory ▁Te ut onic ▁Kn ights , ▁reb elling ▁C oss acks ▁and ▁inv ading ▁Sw edes . ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁literature . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁popular ▁novel , ▁Qu o ▁V ad is , ▁about ▁N ero ' s ▁Rome ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁Christians , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁adapted ▁several ▁times ▁for ▁film , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁to ▁only ▁name ▁the ▁most ▁prominent . ▁Sig rid ▁Und set ' s ▁Krist in ▁Lav r ans d atter ▁ful filled ▁a ▁similar ▁function ▁for ▁Norwegian ▁history ; ▁Und set ▁later ▁won ▁a ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁for ▁Liter ature ▁( 1 9 2 8 ).