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a writer's (& editor's) guide to keeping historical fiction free of common anachronisms, errors, & myths

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An edition of Medieval underpants and other blunders (2012)

Medieval underpants and other blunders

a writer's (& editor's) guide to keeping historical fiction free of common anachronisms, errors, & myths

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Susanne Alleyn
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English
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229

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Historical fiction, Guidebooks, History, Research, Fiction, Technique, Authors, Editors
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Medieval underpants and other blunders: a writer's (& editor's) guide to keeping historical fiction free of common anachronisms, errors, & myths
2012, Susanne Alleyn
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Table of Contents

General rule no. 1: never assume. Anachronisms ; Let's start with the underpants ; Anachronisms in locations: getting the geography right ; Anachronisms & bloopers in dialogue, expressions, & slang ; Anachronisms of attitude: misplaced political correctness & feisty females
General rule no. 2: Wikipedia is your friend. Anachronisms: food, plants & animals ; Anachronisms: what's in a name? ; Anachronisms: guns
General rule no. 3: do not borrow your period details & information from other people's historical novels & movies ; Money bloopers: getting the coinage, prices, & values right ; Bloopers: English aristocratic & royal titles ; Bloopers: lights out! ; Bloopers: a quick chapter on slooooow travel
General rule no. 4: don't just swallow the propaganda, clichés, & myths. Bloopers: hygiene, cleanliness, & more ; More anachronisms of attitude: servants
not a luxury, a necessity ; A grab bag of oddments ; And finally, the end: death & burial.

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Includes the first chapter of Susanne's Aristide Ravel mystery, Game of patience.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-220).

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Writer's (& editor's) guide to keeping historical fiction free of common anachronisms, errors, & myths

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PN3441 .A44 2012

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viii, 229 pages
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229

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OL37080953M
Internet Archive
medievalunderpan0000alle
ISBN 10
148129962X
ISBN 13
9781481299626
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861756698

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