There is always a question of how exactly accurate fiction is when you read/watch it. My title refers to a movie about Henry II of England. It won three academy awards! But was it historically accurate? 🤷 Apparently there was not a Christmas Court in 1183. That's an easy fact to check but depending on the bias of the historical accounts you find, it may not be accurate the tiniest bit. It is fiction after all, right? Right?
What do you think? Do you find yourself taking a book you really love to heart? I admit it's hard not to because you get pulled right in to the characters, the scenery, the conflicts around them.
Lachlann's Legacy is intended as fiction although the scenes I describe are places I was actually in and the groups involved, the Picts and the Scots, are historically accurate from my sources. An author has to take what they find in dependable resources, like primary documents, and spin them for their story. So I'd say the bottom line is to take your movies and your books with a grain of salt. The creator usually has some sort of agenda and since my agenda is unashamedly romance, I hope you will find Lachlann's story takes you to some distant PRETEND time and gives you an escape at least for a little while.
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2 comments:
Great post, Ashley. I'm always questioning facts in books I read and movies I watch when those 'facts' seem weirdly out of place for the time periods. A few times I've been pleasantly surprised that the facts were real. A fun way to learn history. :)
Awesome cover for Lachlann's Legacy. That guy can come to my place any day!
True!
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