In the first post of this kind, I'd mentioned how part of the fun of writing novels with a historical basis is, well, learning the history behind them.
Here are five more facts about history I didn't know before I wrote the BryonySeries prequel, Before The Blood.
1) I learned A LOT about one of the most brutal wars in human history, a war of which I had almost no knowledge before the research.
And that war is the 30 Years War.
2) A variation of vichyssoise can be made with two other ingredients - and now I want to try this version.
The ingredients are almonds and grapes.
3) I learned the lyrics more cowboy songs I ever knew existed - and two lines to one from the Civil War won't leave my head.
The lines are:
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill
And I discovered the music to many of them on YouTube.
4) I can name a number of restaurants that no longer exist in Chicago - and tell you what they served.
Here's one: Henrici's.
5) I had never heard of cordgrass - but now I know what it is and where it grows - and why (even though the "why" didn't make it into the story).
You can see a photo here.
Illustration by Kathleen Rose Van Pelt for "Bryony."
Here are five more facts about history I didn't know before I wrote the BryonySeries prequel, Before The Blood.
1) I learned A LOT about one of the most brutal wars in human history, a war of which I had almost no knowledge before the research.
And that war is the 30 Years War.
2) A variation of vichyssoise can be made with two other ingredients - and now I want to try this version.
The ingredients are almonds and grapes.
3) I learned the lyrics more cowboy songs I ever knew existed - and two lines to one from the Civil War won't leave my head.
The lines are:
And over the moor that's sedgy
Such lonely thoughts my heart do fill
Since parting with my Betsy
And I discovered the music to many of them on YouTube.
4) I can name a number of restaurants that no longer exist in Chicago - and tell you what they served.
Here's one: Henrici's.
5) I had never heard of cordgrass - but now I know what it is and where it grows - and why (even though the "why" didn't make it into the story).
You can see a photo here.
Illustration by Kathleen Rose Van Pelt for "Bryony."
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