I have just started, (yes, I know, I have lots of stuff going at once,) a short story, (or maybe not so short,) about a little eight-year-old girl during the English Civil War whose family supports the King, but her elder brother does not.
For a little historical background here before I go on, the English Civil War was during the 1640s, (a civil war is in fact a war within a country with people of the same nationality fighting one another,) with the King and his men fighting the Parliament and their supporters. I'm actually not quite sure the whole reason for it, but my basic impression is that King Charles I and his wife and family were Catholic, and the King wished to make the country more so, but the Parliament opposed, so Charles tried to do without the Parliament by abolishing it. This did not work. The Parliament and the King quarelled a great deal until finally it became a war. Not the awfulest of wars, but still a war. Sometimes it is called several different wars, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd English Civil Wars, yet they are all linked.
So. History covered. The story takes place in 1643, towards the beginning of the actual war. I'm thinking of calling it "Divided", as the family of little Emma, the narrator, is divided, as the parents support the King, older brother George supports the Parliament, and the younger sisters, Susanna and Emma, are torn.
I am also thinking of writing a companion story about a young woman in London who supports Parliament along with her family, (London was Parliament's headquarters, so to speak,) who falls in love with George.
It would be a nice idea to write a trilogy of these 10-some page stories; "The 'Divided' Trilogy" has a nice ring to it, but I have no idea who the third would focus on.
In any case, the first one, narrated by Emma, is in the works and shall be posted when it is finished.
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