Storytelling is as old as time and, whether it’s an award-winning epic novel or a page-turning blockbuster, a great book can stay with you throughout your life
Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel
Joseph Melling is Reader in History and Director of the Centre for Medical History at the University of Exeter, UK. Alan Booth is Professor of History, also at the University of Exeter.