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When writing a book like this, does it really matter if you get it right? Most people won't know the difference anyway.
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That kind of sums you up really doesn't it, Kuci...
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More often than not, history is more interesting than what contemporary authors can make up with their stale imaginations. So, when done right, an historically accurate novel will be more interesting, more entertaining than an half-baked job.
BTW, the most talked about French novel this year is an historical novel intitled "Les bienveillantes". It probably hasn't been translated yet. Its a 1000 page novel about the holocaust. The narrator is an SS officer. I didn't read it yet, but I heard its really, really precise and graphic. The author sure seems to know his stuff.
The last historical novel I read was Moorcock's "Byzantium Endures", which was pretty good, IMO. Funny thing, the narrator isn't reliable at all. He lies all the time and he's the king of bull****ters.Last edited by Nostromo; March 3, 2007, 21:02.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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That was okay, as I remember it.Originally posted by nostromo
The last historical novel I read was Moorcock's "Byzantium Endures", which was pretty good, IMO. Funny thing, the narrator isn't reliable at all. He lies all the time and he's the king of bull****ters.
I'm re-reading Tai-Pan.
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Yeah, it was OK, but I didn't like it enough to read the three other novels in the series.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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"King Alfred the Great of England brushed the mashed potato off his cotton trousers and onto the Persian rug at his feet.Originally posted by Kuciwalker
When writing a book like this, does it really matter if you get it right? Most people won't know the difference anyway.
As he sipped his tea, he wondered how he could seize the Vikings' schooners and prevent them from escaping to the Angevin Empire. "
Nah, no one will notice.
Like they didn't notice in 'Gladiator' or 'Braveheart' or 'The Patriot'....Attached FilesVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
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Originally posted by molly bloom
Nah, no one will notice.
Like they didn't notice in 'Gladiator' or 'Braveheart' or 'The Patriot'....
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. It can safely be said that no one really noticed (or cared for) the innacuracies in those movies, in that the vast majority of the audience did not.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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Then it can safely be said that you never read a thread about those movies here at Poly.BlahComment
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Most people can't find the U.S.A. on a map of the world.Originally posted by General Ludd
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. It can safely be said that no one really noticed (or cared for) the innacuracies in those movies, in that the vast majority of the audience did not.
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Originally posted by BeBro
Then it can safely be said that you never read a thread about those movies here at Poly.
No one on apolyton can represent the vast majority of movie going audiences.
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Originally posted by Kuciwalker
When writing a book like this, does it really matter if you get it right? Most people won't know the difference anyway.
If you ever make another post like that in the History forum, I'm afraid you'll have to be chased, cornered and thrashed.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Your earlier post said also that no one would notice it or care.Originally posted by General Ludd
No one on apolyton can represent the vast majority of movie going audiences.
(First I thought I add a smiley to indicate how funny that is, but I'm more into a subtle sort of humour 
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Originally posted by BeBro
Your earlier post said also that no one would notice it or care.
(First I thought I add a smiley to indicate how funny that is, but I'm more into a subtle sort of humour )
Maybe you should go back and read it again.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. It can safely be said that no one really noticed (or cared for) the innacuracies in those movies, in that the vast majority of the audience did not.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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Exactly.Originally posted by molly bloom
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It makes no sense one way or the other. Polytubbies are part of your "audience". I saw them discussing such things several times here, so what makes you think other people wouldn't do that?Originally posted by General Ludd
Maybe you should go back and read it again.
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