Had The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson been a novel (instead of a biography) one significant difference would be that the events of the novel wouldn't be based primarily on factual events. The dates of events are very specific and there are documents to back up the story, such as "In August 1914, the month Wilson joined the RNWMP...". Had the story been a novel the events would have been dramatized and more detailed because it would have been the writers own creation. For example, if it had been a novel John Wilson probably would have been accepted into the war against Germany, which in turn would make for more interesting plot lines. Had The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson been a novel it would have been a creation of the writer, rather
