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..she added magical powers to the lives of real people. Neither one of these options really sits well with me. And I'm not quite sure why? I have enjoyed historically based fantasy in the past, but I think the addition of real people, or the replacement of real people is where I draw the line. There were real students who gave 16 demands to the Communist Government in Hungary in 1956. I do not think one of them was..

I'm starting to feel kind of weird about this one. It's fabulously written, and an interesting look at a part of history I'm unfamiliar with. However, I don't know that I like fantasy in my historical fiction. I don't know (and google isn't turning anything up) if the characters in this novel were real people- but the student revolt did happen- and that means either Locke replaced real people with her characters or..