A made up story that uses real events and people to tell a story about a time from the past.

Fiction set in the past, can be of any genre.

fiction of any genre set in the past.

Fiction in a historical setting, in which the main character, and often many others, are invented, while the setting and other details are based on careful research.

Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.

a long narrative of past events and characters, partly historical but largely imaginative, as The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (père).