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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t connect the real people with the fictional plot. I have watched lots of crazy unbelievable fiction but for some reason it annoys me to see a made up fiction about Shakespeare’s wife. I don’t know why.[/quote]

There isn't enough documentation about them to NOT be fiction. They do research on life in that time and base it off that. [/quote]

+1, I actually love this sort of historical fiction where it's grounded in a few facts and what is known about the time, and then the author invents a compelling story to fit what is known.

I love Girl With a Pearl Earring for the same reason. The actual subject of that painting is unknown and most of what is known of Vermeer's home life and even his approach to painting is limited or based on theory, not fact (like his use of the camera obscura, which was definitely used by some of the Dutch masters but it's not really known by who and to what extent and with regards to which paintings). I think it's just a fascinating way to explore history, always with the understanding as to what is fact and what is made up.[/quote]

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