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Originally Posted by Wario
May be that why his books are fictions 
It's like going to the movies expecting every thing accurate. That no fun or entertaning. |
Even fiction does not necessarily give one the freedom to cast aside reality. If a novel is apparently set in the real world (or as close to the real world as any work of literature can get), then it needs to play by certain rules. No one would take an author very seriously if he said that Paris was on the Rhine and that Rome was in Spain.
When an author is writing conspiracy thrillers like Mr. Brown does, it is reasonable for his audience to expect that he will work within the uncertainties of history, not contradict what is known to be true or false.
In addition, as other posters have pointed out, Mr. Brown has shamelessly played coy about exactly how much he fabricated. Students of history know how loose he has played with the facts, but he hasn't admitted it.
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Bill