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Yes, I thought the menu sounded delicious, especially the lamb, tuna, and duck! I remembered asking about the restaurant so it was fun to see it in the chapter.

Seconded! Exciting times. I love the irony that ITTL, the Manchus (or at least a group of them) will be the Ming’s saviours.

Actually not rhetorical! I'd forgotten. Thanks for the explanation. ... and I wonder if being a poor judge of character extends to how he viewed his brother-in-law in Prussia. As Tirion said, with friends like that, who needs enemies?

Urgh; hang in there! Glad that at least your work is safe.

Interesting updates, thanks! Hm, what didn't the Duchess like about Hendrik's character?

Jesus, that was dark. And depressing. And effective.

Interesting, thanks. It suggests Courland will have a string of noteworthy dukes after Jakob (and the line won’t die out). Incidentally, what is the correct pronunciation of Jakob? This line from Crispina, a couple of updates ago, made me wonder. Cool! Will we get to see the restaurant (and...

Really liked this update. I love this kind of cross-cultural discovery and interaction — it’s my favourite thing in historical fiction and, by extension, AH — and it was a delight seeing the royal children meet. Shame that in this instance, that cross-cultural relationship is built on the slave...

Thanks for the update! Loved the look at in-universe cinema. One point I noticed: This suggests that it won’t take long for the Western Allies and the US to start notching up land victories against Axis Spain, if GIs are capturing Spanish generals by 1943. (Also, love the mental image!)

Thanks for the update! I recently discovered this TL and devoured it. I love what you’ve done — and quite like the regular updates following the “classes” of people as they grow up. I’m cheering, in particular, for British Florida. Seeing a multicultural, multi-religious, relatively tolerant...

Interesting series of updates. Look forward to seeing the Duchess, too, to round out the family. It just occurred to me, will the classically minded compare the Courlanders to the Aeneid? Will TTL’s Dune or BSG draw on this for inspiration? That sounds… ominous, especially for the Duke. 😱

RIP the signaller. And so the invaders reveal their identity…

Loved this update. Stirring and suitably, ah, skewed. :D Is there any truth to this, TTL? Or did the propagandists invent it? And yeah, based on the mention of Portugal, it sounds like we’re headed for a Second Peninsular War.

Thanks for the entertaining update. It sounds like the rebels are starting to realise not all is going to plan…

Interesting! It reminded me a tiny bit of the Taipings, but hopefully this will turn out to be more peaceful.