Tag: historical-fiction
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A Story About A Story: “Another Girl Under the Iron Bell”

When it comes to stories inspired by historical settings, I’m always eager to know more about the real places/people behind them. What real places inspired the impossibly spectacular Daguanyuan (the Grand View Garden) in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber? Who was Mary Boleyn, the sister who inspired The Other Boleyn Girl,…