Sorry for the bizarre question.

I'm looking for writers who write history in unique ways. I'm not talking about well-written scholarship (though I would be interested in those recommendations) or popular history books or historical fiction. I'm looking for people who use verifiable history as a medium for high-quality literature, whether poems or essays.

For example, Eliot Weinberger. He wrote a lyric biography of Muhammad, which would never pass as scholarship, but it was entirely crafted from verifiable facts and beliefs (though "verifiable" means something very loose to him). He also writes essays that are curated catalogs composed of mere research. What I love about them is that they are incredibly immersive. They situate you in a historical moment or experience. They're experiential. As you read them, you become rather than learn.

For example, his essay "The Dream of India". Read that, and make sure to read the footnote on the last page once you get to the end. It's an incredible experience that makes you believe you can inhabit, briefly, a historical experience.

Is there anyone else out there like him that I can read?

Thanks, I studied history in uni way back when, but I've since going into marketing, but I'm an avid reader and am looking for something to keep me going and recreate my experience with Weinberger.