tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315629333109868789.post1745517323453039861..comments2024-03-17T22:59:24.273+00:00Comments on Peter Household - things that have interested me: Prometheus and the art of storytellingPeter Householdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04537256881744236389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315629333109868789.post-15560481760516550302010-08-08T20:30:37.549+01:002010-08-08T20:30:37.549+01:00Yes, there's an unwritten contract between the...Yes, there's an unwritten contract between the historical novelist and the reader that any fictitious people or events in the novel must be plausible within the framework of facts known to the best and latest historical research. If a work infringes this contract it can't be classed as an historical novel. I am given to understand that the Da Vinci Code is one such work. It’s easier to formulate this with respect to historical novels than the retelling of old myths, but I suppose there is a parallel.Peter Householdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537256881744236389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315629333109868789.post-46813831036314231002010-08-08T18:32:13.425+01:002010-08-08T18:32:13.425+01:00Your question "how far can you legitimately s...Your question "how far can you legitimately stray in the retelling?" brings to mind another question that I know prompts an opinion by your good senf - how far can one stray from the truth in an historical novel?Albert Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708757273029319375noreply@blogger.com