E asked Kate Quinn:

Do you consider your Rome series and your Borgias series to be in the same world/timeline? Could, for example, Leonello end up reading texts about your Domitian or Hadrian? Or do your two series exist in seperate continuities?

Kate Quinn That's one of the more interesting questions I've been asked! In a sense, yes - if I did have, say, my Borgia characters referencing my ancient world characters, I would probably slip some inside joke in there (mostly because I'm a sucker for inside jokes). But I'd make sure it was a historical detail that was at least plausible for speculation, not one of the facts I changed for my story. So Leonello wouldn't comment that Empress Sabina had epilepsy as a child, because that's a detail that was purely made up (we know nothing about her childhood). But he might wonder if she really *did* have an affair with her Praetorian, and what made her risk it - because that's a rumor that does come down through time.

Hope that answers your question!

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Lesley Moseley asked Kate Quinn:

A small criticism one reviewer had was the authenticity of the language in that timeline : ie 1947 Charlie saying : "when a young woman in 1947 says "nice wheels" in reference to a car. And then back in 1915, writing about Folkestone and the refugees there, we are told that "more French and Belgian (was) heard on the docks than English". Belgian is a language?"... I also found 'baby blues' a surprise. Research ?

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Hello!!! I don't have a question, I just saw this quote after reading "The Alice Network" and felt it was appropriate.... "The historian will tell you what happened, the novelist will tell you what it felt like.” E.L. Doctorow thank you for writing this story, it was in a word.....brilliant. ?? (these were only added because it wouldn't let me send this without them)

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