The most obvious flaw is the ardent young man, Tom Fennel, an Englishman in Maugham's book but now an American played, perfunctorily, by anEnglish actor named Shaun Evans.
Although few details of the book's creation are known, it is generally believed to have been the work of anEnglish bookseller, publisher, journalist, and staunch antipapist named Benjamin Harris, who fled London for Boston in 1686 following the ascent of King James II to the British throne.