We Speak Standard English Here.

For many years notable, and some not-so-notable, authors wrote historical novels. In general, the historical facts portrayed in these books was very accurate, so the general reader got some knowledge along with the enjoyment of reading a good yarn. My previous post inspired me to look at the other side of the coin, again from Wikipedia:
Nonfiction novel: a story of actual people and actual events told with the dramatic techniques of a novel. The American writer Truman Capote claimed to have invented this genre with his book In Cold Blood (1965). A true story of the brutal murder of a Kansas farm family, the book was based on six years of exacting research and interviews with neighbors and friends of the victims and the two captured murderers. The story is told from the points of view of different “characters,” and the author attempts not to intrude his own comments or distort fact. Critics pointed out earlier precedents for this type of journalistic novel, such as John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946), an account of the World War II atomic bombing of the Japanese city told through the histories of six survivors. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song (1979) is another notable example of the genre.
Let's get back to basic English: these are, have been, and will continue to be as long as I draw breath Historical Fiction.  C.S. Forester didn't write non-fiction novels. Conan Doyle didn't, either. There are other blogs that have addressed an issue that's much more serious than my rantings, i.e., public libraries are starting to shelve fiction titles in the non-fiction ! Local examples:
THE GREAT PACIFIC WAR, by Hector C. Bywater
SCHINDLER'S LIST (SCHINDLER’S ARK) by Thomas Keneally.
ROOTS, by Alex Haley

Once again proving that if you tell the same lie enough times, it becomes truth. At least to the uninformed.