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Originally Posted by Apache
Me either. Historical blunders not typos, will ruin a book for me. I can forgive small changes that make the story flow better, but I prefer that the author acknowledge these. Bernard Cornwell does this in his books. In Sharpe's Eagle he goes to great length to identify the two men who captured the first Eagle and explains why.
Apache
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My theory is that some writers believe that as the author they can write whatever they want, regardless of whether it's historically incorrect or technical nonsense. I.e., it's their book so they can make up whatever stuff makes their story work. The Steerswoman was one example of that for me; so much nonsense.