This is not a book on how to write Historical fiction.
She is the author of the Historical novels The Executioner\'s Heir
A Far Better Rest, the reimagining of A Tale of Two Cities; and the acclaimed Aristide Ravel French Revolution Mysteries, as well as various nonFiction projects..
Happy to describe herself as an insufferable knowitall about Historical trivia (although she lost on Jeopardy!), Susanne has been writing and researching Historical Fiction for nearly three decades.
Albrecht, an author of Historical children\'s books in the 1950s and 60s.
Third edition, revised and expanded About the Author: Susanne Alleyn has loved history all her life, aided and abetted by her grandmother, Lillie V.
In a wide assortment of chapters including Food and Plants
Money
Hygiene
Dialogue
Attitudes
Research; and, of course, Ladies\' Underpants (there weren\'t any), she offers tips on how to avoid Errors and Anachronisms while continually reminding writers of the necessity of meticulous Historical research.
She also explores commonly-confused topics and provides simple guidelines for getting them right.
Alleyn stresses the hazards to writers of assuming too much about details of life in past centuries, providing numerous examples of mistakes that could easily have been avoided.
From fictional characters crossing streets that wouldn\'t exist for anOther sixty (or two thousand) years, to 1990s slang in the mouths of 1940s characters, to South American foods on ancient Roman tables, acclaimed Historical novelist Susanne Alleyn exposes the often hilarious, always painful goofs that turn up most frequently in Fiction set in the past.
Medieval Underpants will Guide you through the factual mistakes that writers of Historical fiction-both beginners and seasoned professionals-often make, and show you how to avoid them. then Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders is the book for you. . . (The answer to all these is "Absolutely not ") . . .
If you love history and you\'re hard at work writing your first Historical novel, but you\'re wondering if your Medieval Irishmen would live on potatoes, if your 17th-century pirate would use a revolver, or if your hero would be able to offer Marie-Antoinette a box of chocolate bonbons .
It is a book on how not to write Historical fiction.
This is not a book on how to write Historical fiction
