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The Absent Role of Tobacco in the Novel "The Yard"
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<blockquote data-quote="DrT999" data-source="post: 426343" data-attributes="member: 1935"><p>I doubt if those who attempt to write 'historical' fiction about ancient Rome have eaten dormice, drank wine & sea water, or worn a toga, and when they mess up the details for any era, those who actually know something of the period have a harder time enjoying the story. While the little details shouldn't be overdone (they can just get in the way), the right details still have to be noted in passing. If a mid-middle class or higher British group of couples have a formal dinner in the mid-Victorian period through the 1930s, and the couples sit around talking together drinking iced sweet tea after dinner rather than separating by gender with the men at least considering drinking (port and/or brandy) and smoking (usually cigars in that case), it shatters the entire illusion</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrT999, post: 426343, member: 1935"] I doubt if those who attempt to write 'historical' fiction about ancient Rome have eaten dormice, drank wine & sea water, or worn a toga, and when they mess up the details for any era, those who actually know something of the period have a harder time enjoying the story. While the little details shouldn't be overdone (they can just get in the way), the right details still have to be noted in passing. If a mid-middle class or higher British group of couples have a formal dinner in the mid-Victorian period through the 1930s, and the couples sit around talking together drinking iced sweet tea after dinner rather than separating by gender with the men at least considering drinking (port and/or brandy) and smoking (usually cigars in that case), it shatters the entire illusion [/QUOTE]
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