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Mortmain is an old French word that should be tattooed on the inside of any historical novelist's skull. This wonderful and terrible word means __ead hand._ Its definition is: __he influence of the past regarded as controlling the present._ (It is also used as a legal term with the same basic meaning.
James Alexander Thom The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction: Researching and Writing Historical Fiction
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Mortmain is an old French word that should be tattooed on the inside of any historical novelist's skull. This wonderful and terrible word means __ead hand._ Its definition is: __he influence of the past regarded as controlling the present._ (It is also used as a legal term with the same basic meaning.
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The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction: Researching and Writing Historical Fiction

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