
Luis Alberto Urrea
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How to Be Anachronistic in a Book
Lori: I was reading this weekend on social media about the new Queen Charlotte TV series, the Bridgerton spin off and folks were pointing out that it focuses on King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte. And we've seen where we see a portrait of Queen Victoria and of course she hasn't crowned yet and people are kind of pointing out hey that's a historical discrepancy. LZ: It just got me thinking how fast and loose does your book play with history versus reality and fantasy? Lori: Knowing whether a painting of particular monarch is on the wall and is anachronistic I'm not sure that deeply how accurate it is but Herrera has made effort to be historically accurate.
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