This is a collaboration between @Joshuapooleanox and myself. You can tell from the title- this is going to be a good one! 
Nothing just yet... Prologue will be coming soon.
Nothing just yet... Prologue will be coming soon.
This is a collaboration between @Joshuapooleanox and myself. You can tell from the title- this is going to be a good one!
Nothing just yet... Prologue will be coming soon.
Louis looked at him with a puzzled expression. 'That is a strange set of requests James, what do you plan?'
James tried to speak French to appease the King, stating 'Un... Un... royaume de la Nouvelle-Angleterre'
An interesting [if a little implausible IMHO - but I'll keep that to myself and let you get on with writing] idea.
Just a minor point - the two men were cousins. James's mother was a Princess of France and he spent years at Louis's court during his exile in the Civil War. James wouldn't have had any trouble speaking French - he was fluent - and likely this whole exchange would have been in effortless French.
Damn it reydan, I was trying to suspense like in the books. Thanks for atleast additional information. Maybe he stumbled over the idea, or maybe living in England so long he got a tiny bit rusty. Idk. Thanks for the imput!
Sorry! Realised that was probably what you were aiming for, but couldn't get an image of Louis being like 'what the hell is wrong with James?!' as he stumbled over the French.
Good luck with your timeline - I'm interested in how you'll deal with the religious issues.
There definitely will be issues, a Catholic King on an expedition to take over New England? A land of puritans?
Oh, and James might be sad or finding it harder to speak due to the fact he just lost his kingdom![]()
Or he's nervous. He's not exactly asking for something easy from Louis. Plus, there's Louis' OTL remark to him when he attempted to reconquer England starting at La Hogue - "Monsieur, I hope never to see you again, but if we do meet, I trust you will find me unchanged". Not to mention he wasn't exactly overly popular at the French court, since someone (I think Mme de Sévigne?) remarked "when one hears him speak one realizes why he's here." Even the French clergy had a good laugh at James behind his back "there goes a good man. He gave up three kingdoms for a mass."
In contrast, Mary of Modena was the toast of French society. She was popular, well-liked (she even got on with Mme de Maintenon, which is more than the dauphine or Madame could say) and much admired, although the French couldn't understand her love for James. And Louis was especially charmed by her since she resembled Marie Mancini a great deal, and thus reminded him of his youth.
@Dr. Hochmeister I beg to differ. Many of the anti-Catholic laws are from later in the 17th century and the early 18th century. Indeed, the southern colonies were anti-Catholic at this time, but not the northern ones, who were generally tolerant. James may not even have to mention his Catholicism- the colonial reaction to the Revolution is going to be different than OTL. French assistance... let's just say it will be covert if at all.![]()
Chapter IV