Doing some background research on the period of Charles Ist and his queen consort - interesting subject - by coincidence ;) - they lived at the same time as Pierre, my French Orphan protagonist, and his friends.
Maybe I'll spin the story further when Pierre is some years older - let's see, there's enough drama for plenty of books to be written.
Queen Henrietta, the aloof 'fille de France' was amazingly blind to the tide that would finally carry her husband away,as was Charles himself.
I'd be grateful to receive recommendations for interesting literature on this period / subject.
cheers