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Tisane. Yeah, I'd never heard of it until I read historical romance & it's mentioned there but only in medical scenarios in which they made a tea with medicinal herbs. It wasn't until later that I discovered it wasn't a term specific to medicine but just meant "herbal teas."

@ Interesting, thank you!

Yeah, I don't drink tea or coffee, but I LOVE me some tisanes. I've got a ton of loose leaf varieties in canisters on my counter.

Good question, and I'm not sure about the differences. I don't write about the nobility, so I haven't done much research beyond the basic titles for England.

@@m.a.nichols I see... Would've been nice. - England was owned by the French Duke of Normandy. (Northern France) And the most powerful Duke of France at that time wasn't even him. It was the Duke of Burgundy. (Northeastern France) also known as the wealthiest in all of Europe. - To the English, the hundred year war was significant. But to the French, it was nothing more then a insignificant rebelious province as they had more important wars to deal with. That's why England survived at all. Had the French Kingdom taken England as a priority enemy over the invading Muslims or over fighting the Germanics or other neighbours. The British Empire never would have existed as Britain would have easily been crushed and then Dan and Saxon languages would've been fully wiped out and replaced with French instead of blending together with French to become English like it did in our time. - So that is why you should also be teaching the French history as it is part of what birthed english and you should respect the french history as they couldve easily erased britain. - I see a lot of ignorant fools claiming Britain has always superior to France because they had the long bow. But in reality, the long bow was considered a trash weapon, it was just a hunting bow not meant for war. Comparing the best French crossbows with the english longbow is like comparing a high caliber French sniper riffle vs a low caliber English pistol. Yes your pistol has a much higher fire rate. But he will drop dead long before gets to fire a single shot. Thats the difference. - And when i say crossbow, i am not refering to the toys you see on video where they can draw bare handed. Those are just training crossbowa. A real one have a gear system that you must crank to draw it. The more powerful ones used by Burgundy had to be cranked with your feet by laying down on your back and holding it with your hands. I have searched for online videos of such crossbows, but haven't found any. I do have books about them. But i have i dea how i'd make a video one them. I'm no good at that kind of hightech stuff. - But, oh my, i have gotten way off topic here. So i'll stop blabbering for nothing here.

I totally agree. France & England's history is intrinsically tied together. But as I write stories set in 1800s England (mostly village life), the research I'm sharing is stuff I learn for my books. 😁

@@m.a.nichols i see... Got any books on crossbows?

Me too & I 'm enjoying it very much

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Thank you also for deleting that unnecessary comment - we come here for romance not politics.

@caroleceres yep. Not the place for that. 😁

Yeah, I understand. But their story isn't over quite yet. I have a sequel for the book (Beneath the Mistletoe), which is available on Amazon and will be posted here in a few weeks. While the story follows her father getting a second chance at love after her mother passes away, Charity and Thomas are part of the story (though he's not around for most of it, unfortunately). They've also got a continuing story that I'm publishing in a few weeks called, "Once Upon a Christmas Eve." It's the final book in this series and will feature Thomas and Charity as well as they go to his family for Christmas (and while they're there, his sister finds love!). So, they do have more to come if you're interested in hearing more of their story.

​@@m.a.nichols YES! I'd love to see how Charity's father does. I like stories where there are older people who find love. My favorite is "Women of a Certain Age" by Josi Kilpack. Speaking of, I have "Beneath the Mistletoe" in my Wish List on Audible. I'm also super excited to read "To Have and To Hold." It seems to have some socio-political things going on, as well as the romance, in those times. I'm sold! I am definitely interested in the continuing stories with different characters all interconnected. Thank you, so much for responding and sharing what's going on in the series. You rock!

​@@mitsumeeshiAs you like mature characters, have you read any of Linda Rae Sande's stories? Her latest is The Ivy of an Earl.

@@CoBaLe Ooohhh! Thank youuu! I'm going to look it up!!! :-)

​@@mitsumeeshiIf you check the Goodreads reviews of her books, you'll often see the mention of older or mature couples.

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The narrator is fantastic Madeline who?

@@katearmiger8535 Her name is Madeline Brolley. She's so talented and narrates a lot of M.A. Nichols books. So many good stories are ruined by AI

Pilgrims didn't do that at all, and there's only one documented case of that happening. www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smallpox-blankets But though they didn't understand germs, they already started to grasp the idea of contamination through the miasma theory.

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Lol. Yeah, they thought perfumes would protect from the plague, so I would say they were wrong. 😁

Me, too. But then, when we're injured or suck, we tend to leak a lot of fluids, so that makes some sense. Lol. Apparently, it dates back to ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia and then solidified under the Ancient Greeks, so it's been around for a very long time.

Lol. I'm sure it happened. Even on accident! All the box seats I saw in London had signs warning people not to put things on the balcony ledge because they fall off. I ended up using that in a book once, where my hero is awkwardly trying to offer my heroine some candy and accidentally drops it over the side. 🤣

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All the photos are ones I took during a trip to London in 2022. The exterior shot is from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the two massive interior shots are from the Royal Opera House. The boxed seats image (2nd to last) was the Noel Coward Theatre where I saw Dear Evan Hansen and the final shot is from Six, performed in the Vaudeville Theatre. The others are illustrations from Regency era magazines that I snagged online. If you ever have a chance to do so, I highly recommend taking the behind the scenes tour of the Theater Royal and the Royal Opera House. Fascinating!