Talk:Luke Harper/@comment-27818075-20180812133934/@comment-31546695-20180812232122

PB said they wanted to bring diversity to a typically homogeneous (a.k.a white) genre but within the realm of possibility. By setting the book in 1816, PB manages this quite well due to various demographical aspects of the period, such as the presence of minority groups in the military (Mr Harper mentions he fought in the War of 1812)