Formirovanie stilistiki russkogo istoricheskogo romana bylo slozhnym i protivorechivym, skazyvalis" raznye tendentsii v oblasti ispol"zovaniya dokumental"nykh tekstov i ustarevshikh yazykovykh sredstv. V nastoyashchey monografii na materiale luchshikh istoricheskikh romanov i povestey XIX stoletiya issleduyutsya osnovnye tendentsii v reshenii stilisticheskikh problem yazyka istoricheskogo zhanra, proslezhivaetsya razvitie stilya istoricheskogo romana v russkoy literature.