: Re: Replacing a historical figure with a fictional one In a fiction novel with a strong historical foundation, can you replace a public figure with a fictional one? For instance, replacing the mayor

That depends. Do you want to stay historically accurate? Then: No.
If you do want your novel to be entertaining over historically realistic, yes, absolutely, you can do that. Ken Follet, for example, does this a lot in his novel "The Pillars of the Earth". He even invents whole new places which didn't exist in real life. In his novel "The Physician", Noah Gordon also replaces and rewrites real people in the Arab world of the 11th century.
In the end, you have to keep in mind that a historical novel can never be 100% accurate as there is limited information concerning the era. Taking a bit of creative freedom doesn't hurt much - if you're not marketing your story as accurate to all existing sources.

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