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- Wed September 29th, 2010, 2:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Obligations of H.F. Writers to be Factual
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6596
[quote=""LoveHistory""]Women in ancient Greece were actually allowed a great deal of freedom, depending on the city-state. Austen's heroines did not act outside of convention, or challenge the standards and expectations for young ladies of their time and social class, except in the movie versions..[...
- Tue September 28th, 2010, 11:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Obligations of H.F. Writers to be Factual
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6596
[quote=""annis""]I think, as others have mentioned, that getting attitudes and mindset wrong is more annoying than minor factual mistakes. .My pet peeve is the feisty female heroine, acting as f she lived in the 21st century, with no account taken of restrictions imposed by society on women in the p...
- Tue September 28th, 2010, 11:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Obligations of H.F. Writers to be Factual
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6596
- Tue September 28th, 2010, 2:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Obligations of H.F. Writers to be Factual
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6596
Obligations of H.F. Writers to be Factual
This is just a random thought which popped into my head, and I thought it could make for an interesting topic of conversation and something worth considering. I know that there are certain authors and books which receive a lot of complaints for the authors playing fast and loose with the facts as it...
- Sun August 22nd, 2010, 5:53 pm
- Forum: Any Good Books About . . .
- Topic: HF Books set during Autumn
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1068
HF Books set during Autumn
I am participating in this HF reading challenge and one of the things for the challenge we have to do is read a book that is set in the fall. So I was wondering if anyone can recommend any good HF books which take place (at least the majority, of it,) during the fall or deal with themes relating to ...
- Tue June 8th, 2010, 8:58 am
- Forum: Diana Gabaldon
- Topic: Outlander series
- Replies: 97
- Views: 17329
[quote=""Vanessa""]Jamie was quite real for me! :D I don't think I worried too much about Claire either. I've got the first two or three books on CD, too. I like the narrator (Davina Porter, I think she's called) - I think she reads them very well. I listen to them whilst I'm gardening!!! Takes the ...
- Tue June 8th, 2010, 4:44 am
- Forum: Diana Gabaldon
- Topic: Outlander series
- Replies: 97
- Views: 17329
[quote=""CindyInOz""]To be honest, I didn't really consider the fact that Claire was an adulteress - I was far too consumed by Jamie (my ultimate fictional hero) to worry about Claire... I don't think time travel stories can ever really be taken all that seriously. The Outlander series, for me, is p...
- Mon June 7th, 2010, 10:48 pm
- Forum: Diana Gabaldon
- Topic: Outlander series
- Replies: 97
- Views: 17329
Clarie seems incapable of having mature, adult, rational discussions/conversations. It seems to me whenever anyone says anything to her or asks her a question which I personally think is perfectly legitimate her response is childish yelling. She appears to be hell bent upon insulting, offending, and...
- Mon June 7th, 2010, 9:53 am
- Forum: Diana Gabaldon
- Topic: Outlander series
- Replies: 97
- Views: 17329
- Sun June 6th, 2010, 10:35 pm
- Forum: Diana Gabaldon
- Topic: Outlander series
- Replies: 97
- Views: 17329
[quote=""Vanessa""]I don't think I saw it like that. When Claire married Jamie, Frank wasn't actually born if you think about it - Frank didn't exist in 1745 (nor did Claire but she had time-travelled) so technically Claire wasn't actually married when she married Jamie. It's a bit of a grey area re...