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Title: Not Historical Fiction
Review: This book was recommended to me as "historical fiction". Fiction is a perfect description, but historical is but a loose term used to describe this book. The few chapters I could tolerate were well written, however, I felt deceived in that the book was described as historical fiction, and I expect with historical fiction that the story is based mostly on fact. As far as I know, there was no place called "The Fair Isle" where women lived as "witches", in this time period or any other. That is the stuff of Arthurian Legend, and I was not under the impression that this work of "historical fiction" had legend and lore included in it. I don't mean to nit pick, but I was expecting a work of fiction based on fact, not legend. If you are looking for a good novel based on fact, try Sharan Newman, Sharon Kay Penman or Ken Follet.
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