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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself. Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Historical fiction typically takes an imaginative approach to storytelling by adding fictitious characters and dramatic storylines that parallel historic events.

That's Reign. [/quote]

Well, for example, Bash, Narcisse, Francis' son, Clarissa, Prince Tomas never existed. Catherine didn't have affairs or murder anyone.

Megan Follows:  "We are obviously [b]not[/b] historically accurate..."
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI0KBNQhVIQ[/youtube]

Anna Popplewell:  "t’s like historical fan-fiction..."
http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/10/18/mary-queen-of-scots-historically-accurate-reign-cw/

Adelaide Kane “It’s entertainment – it’s not the History Channel.” And how cute is she that she thinks History Channel still is about history?
Bodice-ripper Reign takes enormous liberties with the 16th century history of Mary Queen of Scots. As told by CW, Mary arrives in France to marry the French king’s hot son, Prince Francis. In the real world, Francis was a sickly young teen who died after less than two years on the throne..."
http://deadline.com/2013/07/tca-cws-first-crunchy-gravel-drama-flirts-with-history-552425/

"If you think The CW’s period drama based on the life of young Mary, Queen of Scots is just an excuse to watch a bunch of pretty people prance around in corsets and codpieces, you’re not far off. Reign has been described as a cross between Gossip Girl and The Tudors, but unlike Showtime’s steamy take on Henry VIII, Reign doesn’t even pretend to be concerned with historical accuracy..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lelia-nebeker/cws-reign_b_4180845.html

"Reign" not only into the land of fiction, but the land of bad fiction...
http://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/historical-tv-should-stop-taking-liberties-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think-63023/

It's as historical as a fairy tale.
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