It’s here that Jordan’s passion for history comes through. His love for Charleston and his frustration that Charleston continues to be overlooked as a major player in the American Revolution are evident in the way he crafts the history of every city in the world in which his characters live—and the way that history gets twisted by the leaders of his cultures.
“There are bits and pieces (of Charleston) here and there, though I continue to stress that the Two Rivers (home of the series’ three main protagonists) has no relation between the Ashley and the Cooper, but of course things filter through. It’s impossible to write without keeping who you are and where you’re from out of it,” says Jordan.
“History is mutable. It’s so dependent on who you remember and what you remember. For instance, with the American Revolution, Charleston was written out of the history books because of the secession. You know, during the Boston Tea Party, we sent more food and aid to Boston than any of its neighboring colonies. But that’s not something that children read about in school. The solid tones of the past are not that solid. They are a thin facade placed by partisan observers,” he says.
If you are viewing this on github.io, you can see that this site is open source. Please do not try to improve this page. It is auto-generated by a python script. If you have suggestions for improvements, please start a discussion on the github repo or the Discord.