Bitchin' Blog Posts : Historical Accuracy

RITA Reader Challenge: The Danger of Desire by Elizabeth Essex

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | 5 Comments

This review was written by Katherine This story was nominated in the Best Historical Romance category. The summary: Captain Hugh McAlden is working on a top-secret mission to bring down enemy spies living in England. After seeing a young woman perform a brilliant bit of pick pocketing on the London streets, he impulsively decides to hire her to help him. The only name she'll give him is Meggs, and she refuses to tell him anything about her background or how she ended up on the streets. But as Hugh tries to unravel her secrets, he also finds her harder and… read more »

On historickiness, and ahistoricity

August 02, 2009 | Sunday | 41 Comments

Evil Auntie Peril wrote one of the most fascinating series of articles I’ve read in a while about selective filtering in romances. Essentially, she points out that certain types of details or tropes make it into romance novels because they’d be “historically accurate” (e.g., heroes who rape the heroine), but others are decidedly excluded because, while they may (or may not) be historically accurate, they’re icky, and pull you out of the fantasy—and chief among them is the issue of cleanliness. Go read the four-part post. READ IT. Go on. I’ll wait for you. It’s intelligent and thought-provoking, and it… read more »

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