Noble House

Robert Armstrong is a character in James Clavell's novel Noble House. He reappears in the novel Whirlwind. In Noble House, Armstrong serves as a... police inspector in Hong Kong. He is streetwise but motivated by a somewhat idealized view of police work, taking a simple pleasure in hunting down and arresting the bad guys. Because of his skill and intelligence, he was promoted to Special Intelligence, a branch concerned with counter-espionage. However, he resigned after a few years, finding this work to have too many grey areas, preferring the clear cut legality of ordinary police work. Though troubled with debt, he never accepts bribes. He is, however, realistic about other officers doing so, even those under his command. His wife Mary is unable to have children, something Armstrong regrets deeply. His lack of children seems to elevate the importance of his work in his life, his work being a sort of substitute legacy. Armstrong is fiercely pro-British. He is as suspicious of the wealthy tai-pans as he is of common criminals.
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Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but... rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical, cinematic or musical work. Fiction contrasts with non-fiction, which deals exclusively with factual events, descriptions, observations, etc. . Realistic fiction, although untrue, could actually happen. Some events, people, and places may even be real. This is termed "faction". It can be possible that in the future imagined events could physically happen. For example, Jules Verne's novel From The Earth To The Moon, which at that time was just a product of his rich imagination, was proven possible in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon, and the team returned safely to Earth. Realistic fiction strives to make the reader feel as if they're reading something that is actually happening—something that though not real, is described in a believable way that helps the reader make a picture as if it were an actual event.
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Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical... persons, but the main characters tend to be fictional. Writers of stories in this genre, while penning fiction, attempt to capture the manners and social conditions of the persons or time presented in the story, with due attention paid to period detail and fidelity. Historical fiction is found in books, magazines, art, television programming, film, theater, video games and other media. A story with a historical setting. Historical fiction presents readers with a story that takes place during a notable period in history, and usually during a significant event in that period. Historical fiction often presents actual events from the point of view of fictional people living in that time period. In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in history, with fictional characters either observing or actively participating in these actual events.
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