Glebb, what media would that be in ancient France? The peasents had no knowledge of heterosexual kings then, or their courts.....there was the royal court, the church, the military and the peasents....and no one would say anything publicly against the King, whether it was that he was gay, or that he made a bad wartime decision
you cannot compare being out and gay during the times of any of the three kings I've mentioned with today, as it was NOT the same thing, no mass media, a very different time
Had anyone written anything in the newspaper about Frederick the Great, they would have been imprisoned at the very least. All three of those monarchs were out and gay.........but people knew to keep their mouths shut.
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956