Medieval underpants and other blunders
Subtitle: a writer's (& editor's) guide to keeping historical fiction free of common anachronisms, errors, & myths
By: Susanne Alleyn
Publisher: Susanne Alleyn
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781481299626
Subjects: Historical fiction; Guidebooks; History; Research; Fiction; Technique; Authors; Editors
Other titles: Writer's (& editor's) guide to keeping historical fiction free of common anachronisms, errors, & myths
Notes: Includes the first chapter of Susanne's Aristide Ravel mystery, Game of patience.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-220).
Table of contents: title: General rule no. 1: never assume. Anachronisms ; Let's start with the underpants ; Anachronisms in locations: getting the geography right ; Anachronisms & bloopers in dialogue, expressions, & slang ; Anachronisms of attitude: misplaced political correctness & feisty females; title: General rule no. 2: Wikipedia is your friend. Anachronisms: food, plants & animals ; Anachronisms: what's in a name? ; Anachronisms: guns; title: General rule no. 3: do not borrow your period details & information from other people's historical novels & movies ; Money bloopers: getting the coinage, prices, & values right ; Bloopers: English aristocratic & royal titles ; Bloopers: lights out! ; Bloopers: a quick chapter on slooooow travel; title: General rule no. 4: don't just swallow the propaganda, clichés, & myths. Bloopers: hygiene, cleanliness, & more ; More anachronisms of attitude: servants; title: not a luxury, a necessity ; A grab bag of oddments ; And finally, the end: death & burial.