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by Lady of the Forest
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..[...
by Lady of the Forest
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...
by Lady of the Forest
Tue September 28th, 2010, 11:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Obligations of H.F. Writers to be Factual
Replies: 79
Views: 6596

[quote=""MLE""]By 'obligation' do you mean legally, morally, or for commercial practicality?[/quote]

By the word obligation I was thinking of the obligation of the author to the readers.
by Lady of the Forest
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...
by Lady of the Forest
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 ...
by Lady of the Forest
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 ...
by Lady of the Forest
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...
by Lady of the Forest
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...
by Lady of the Forest
Mon June 7th, 2010, 9:53 am
Forum: Diana Gabaldon
Topic: Outlander series
Replies: 97
Views: 17329

[quote=""Vanessa""]If I remember rightly, didn't Claire try to escape? Originally escaping was part of her plan. She was in a rather strange situation.[/quote]

Yes in the early stages of the book she does try and think of some way to esape and return back to the stones.
by Lady of the Forest
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...

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