He's very grateful for your good wishes! And you'll just have to wait and see!
Thank you! I've already written the full war and am now hashing out the details of the peace treaty...
A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France
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Please don't make us wait too long for the resolution. I sort of know how this is all going to pan out, and I can hardly wait to see what happens!
Oh? I'd love to know what you think.
I've not heard that one before! I take it it's the female version of 'pistols at dawn'?
Well I’d assume so but she tends to use it when the footballers were kicking off...
Well this war will get interesting.... I can see the French doing well in Flanders and Italy, but Navarre, due to its proximity to Spain may be tough...
Probably a bit of both, I'd say. The boy was a gardener's son from Lyon who became a "silk folder" (I've never quite understood what it was) and the girl was born in Aix-en-Provence, the daughter of a prosecutor and a noblewoman. My theory's that the boy went to Aix on a business trip, met the girl and then the two fell in love, eloped to Lyon where they had their first child and married not long after. I wish I could have seen the faces her parents pulled when they found out what happened.
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Well, it is Francis. He wouldn't be himself if he wasn't confident. 😉
As for how they handle things, we'll get most of that in dispatches a la Lewis's description of Beruna in LWW. Saves me having to write battles when I can't write them 😉
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We have Turtledoves! If any of you would like to pop over to the Nomination thread and nominate 'Queen Twice Over' for consideration in the Early Modern Category, it would be much appreciated! I'll pay you in virtual tea and biscuits of your choice! ❤
Turtledoves are basically the Oscars of this website, given to the best timelines.
Right, so that's tea and biscuits for @King of Danes and @The_Most_Happy for nominating and seconding this TL for a Turtledove. What kind of tea and what kind of biscuits? I have milk and sugar in the cupboard if you need them, although my lemons appear to have gone off, I'm afraid.
I'll take a classic Earl Grey with a little milk and some shortbreads on the side
That should be with lemon, shouldn't it? Sorry! Coming right up!I'll take a classic Earl Grey with a little milk and some shortbreads on the side
*passes plate and starts heating kettle*