Brainbin said:
It's probably a good idea to read all the way to the end before you make suggestions
I've just noticed.
As said, however, my ignorance of this era is virtually total.
One thing I just recalled, & maybe somebody can answer it. Presuming I have my priority right, when Mary became queen, why didn't she have Elizabeth executed? There was some suspicion (& my understanding is, a vengeful monarch needed scarcely more
), & it would've saved Mary the headaches (so to speak
) of
not doing it.
Historico said:
for the next five years till his majority.
Unless I'm very much mistaken (& I'm likely to be
), at this time, he'd have had his full powers as king at 14.
Space Oddity said:
Strasburg ...hasn't had to pack up and flee to England.
This reminds me of something else. IDK how long it takes, but the flight of rebels from Europe to England contributed to both English scientific progress (free thinkers, freedom of thought, so forth) & ultimately to industrial progress (Calvinist work ethic, so forth). (This may take until well past the point you intend to end TTL, but something to think about.)
I also notice the appearance of the Royal Navy (more or less). Has Henry IX changed the direction of the "wooden walls"? (In the 1550s' war with Spain, OTL saw the largest convoys in history, numbering over 400 ships,
as Spain tries to protect her American silver & gold shipments... Lessons that were forgotten, or ignored, in the age of steam....
)
One other thing. I haven't said it yet, so let me do it now: I'm liking this a lot.
I confess being pretty at sea with the players, but I really like the tone & the snatches of humor.