Pardon the rant, but there's one thing that really bugs me when reading a historical novel. I can live with inaccuracies and creative liberties because I know I'm reading a piece of fiction based on a person. But when I notice a glaring mistake in the family tree provided at the beginning of a book, it throws me off my reading game.

I'm currently reading a new novel that was just released in North America about Anne of Cleves and in her family tree, it states she has a sister named Amalia. Now in the tree provided, its says that this sister was born in 1503, which would make her the eldest of the four siblings. But literally 8 pages in, it states this same sister is 12. This book opens in the year of 1530 which would make her 27 not 12. And with a simple Google search, I found multiple sources stating that she was actually born in 1517.

I know this is probably just an editing error but it really dampened my excitement for this new book. But then again maybe it's just me.