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* AndYouThoughtItWasReal: Buchan's use of [[FramingDevice framing devices]], especially of the "found manuscript" variety, has on occasion led people to assume that some of his historical fiction may be a depiction of a RealLife event. A good example is his short story "The Company of the Marjolaine", in which a group of Americans travelling in Italy in the 1780s try to get an elderly Bonnie Prince Charlie to agree to become the King of the then-newly-independent United States of America. After reading it, an American businessman wrote to Buchan asking to see the letters mentioned in the preface, as he reckoned that one of the Americans was an ancestor of his — and was rather displeased (and presumably embarrassed) to learn that the story was pure fiction.
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* AndYouThoughtItWasReal: Buchan's use of [[FramingDevice framing devices]], especially of the "found manuscript" 'found manuscript' variety, has on occasion led people to assume that some of his historical fiction may be a depiction of a RealLife event. A good example is his short story "The Company of the Marjolaine", in which a group of Americans travelling in Italy in the 1780s try to get an elderly Bonnie Prince Charlie to agree to become the King of the then-newly-independent United States of America. After reading it, an American businessman wrote to Buchan asking to see the letters mentioned in the preface, as he reckoned that one of the Americans was an ancestor of his — and was rather displeased (and presumably embarrassed) to learn that the story was pure fiction.
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* AndYouThoughtItWasReal: Buchan's use of [[FramingDevice framing devices]], especially of the "found manuscript" variety, has on occasion led people to assume that some of his historical fiction may be a depiction of a RealLife event. A good example is his short story "The Company of the Marjolaine", in which a group of Americans travelling in Italy in the 1780s try to get an elderly Bonnie Prince Charlie to agree to bring King of the then-newly-independent United States of America. After reading it, an American businessman wrote to Buchan asking to see the letters mentioned in the preface, as he reckoned that one of the Americans was an ancestor of his — and was rather displeased (and presumably embarrassed) to learn that the story was pure fiction.
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* AndYouThoughtItWasReal: Buchan's use of [[FramingDevice framing devices]], especially of the "found manuscript" variety, has on occasion led people to assume that some of his historical fiction may be a depiction of a RealLife event. A good example is his short story "The Company of the Marjolaine", in which a group of Americans travelling in Italy in the 1780s try to get an elderly Bonnie Prince Charlie to agree to bring become the King of the then-newly-independent United States of America. After reading it, an American businessman wrote to Buchan asking to see the letters mentioned in the preface, as he reckoned that one of the Americans was an ancestor of his — and was rather displeased (and presumably embarrassed) to learn that the story was pure fiction.
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* AndYouThoughtItWasReal: Buchan's use of [[FramingDevice framing devices]], especially of the "found manuscript" variety, has on occasion led people to assume that some of his historical fiction may be a depiction of a RealLife event. A good example is his short story "The Company of the Marjolaine", in which a group of Americans travelling in Italy in the 1780s try to get an elderly Bonnie Prince Charlie to agree to bring King of the then-newly-independent United States of America. After reading it, an American businessman wrote to Buchan asking to see the letters mentioned in the preface, as he reckoned that one of the Americans was an ancestor of his — and was rather displeased (and presumably embarrassed) to learn that the story was pure fiction.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Woodilee, the village where ''Witch Wood'' is set, was inspired by the real-life village of Broughton in Tweeddale. It is now the name of [[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=55.61379&lon=-3.41097&layers=193&right=BingHyb a newly-built street in Broughton]] -- the building previously on the site was the Green Mantle Hotel.
