RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2014 Hi all SWMBO is currently reading "Woman in Black" by Susan Hill, which has been made into a film a couple of years ago starring Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe. In it a railway journey is described: King's Cross to Crewe and the locomotive pulling the train was "Sir Bedivere" If film makers rely on that sort information for their adaptions, little wonder there are so many errors! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 It never ceases to amaze me how little research effort some authors put into their work. However, as long as you have the 'it's fiction!' brigade tolerating the situation, this will continue. Historical fiction is a case in point. Some authors go to a great deal of trouble to check their facts - others simply don't. Only a minority of readers seem to care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2014 The best howler I remember (though not the title of the book, it was that bad) was in one chapter with the Emperor Nero eating a tomato! Tomato's were unknown to the Romans as they originated in the Americas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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