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Kate Susong's avatar

Lausanne, this was fascinating! Thank you for giving us a window into your research process. I'm in the early stages of researching a novel on the year of the Black Death in London (1349), and want my costume/weaponry details, as well as the cultural attitudes and faith of the time, to be faithful to the time. I loved hearing how you're going about it and can't wait to read your book!

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Cork Hutson's avatar

Hey Lausanne - Catching up on my reading and wanted to say I really liked this piece. My two cents worth on your question is that historical accuracy is important, but the storyline is more important within a time period. Minute details, for me at least, are not as important as the big historical picture. Readers want the historical narrative to be as accurate as possible, but I don't think most readers dwell too much on whether the clothing worn by the characters is 100% accurate.

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