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I never really understood why some hold "historical" fiction to a higher accuracy standard in how it portrays "the way things were", than say how (in)accurately contemporary fiction might represent "the way things ARE."
If it's just an "I'm infinitely familiar that subject and the liberties taken and/or anachronisms bug me" kind-of thing; then that's one thing. But I get the distinct impression that many seem to believe that fiction set in it the past shouldn't be able to take the same liberties with "reality" as say fiction set in the present (or future) gets to.
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