Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is set in Great Britain at the time of the Napoleonic War. What details and characters in the story are based in historical fact?

by eighteencarps
crrpit

Hi there! Your question doesn't break any rules, and we're happy to let it stand. However, be warned that questions that boil down to "fact check X for me" rarely get satisfactory answers. Critiquing entire novels is a lot of work, and people are rarely willing to read a book just so that they can respond to a question on Reddit. It is often more effective to ask more targeted questions that can be answered directly - you are welcome to make more than one post if you need to.