Which text is valuable for gaining context about a historical event but is unreliable as "evidence"?

anthology

encyclopedia

historical novel

monograph

textbook

One text that is valuable for gaining context about a historical event but is unreliable as "evidence" is a historical novel.

Explanation:

A historical novel, a novel that has as its frame a period of antiquity and that efforts to carry the spirit, manners, plus social circumstances of a past age with faithful detail and accuracy (which is in some cases only apparent fidelity) to historical fact.

The historical novel is valuable for gaining context and is unreliable as evedence