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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Incidentally, I would have put down that story that EileenG is reading. I wouldn't be able to finish it. Yeah, it bothers me that much. The information is available -- nowadays, even primary sources are more available than they once were, thanks to the Web and universities digitizing their collections. There is no excuse for crud.
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Believe me, if I didn't know the author and been personally asked to read it, I would have tossed it within three pages. Not only full of 21st century attitudes, it's also full of infodumps designed to show how much research the author has done.
The thing is, I'm not a historian, but if I, as a reasonably educated person, can spot all those mistakes, anyone with specialised knowledge would be driven mad.
I'm going to suggest to the author that he gets a t-shirt saying "Peadophile and Proud" and wear it in public. That should give him a taste of the reaction his heroine would have got.