Ha, yes. In the AU where William adopts FW and FW thus becomes King of GB, I foresee a sudden dearth of all Irish and Scottish tall men in addition to the English and Welsh ones...
Let's not forget that one of the tallest kidnapped tall guys, James Kirkland, was Irish even in our universe! As Felis told us, "Which cost FW 8862 thaler! Even Förster called that wasteful spending."
:D
Per Wikipedia:
It is claimed that he was accompanied in the regiment by other tall soldiers from Ireland.
I believe it!
As for people he *didn't* have conflicts with over recruiting, I don't remember any with Peter the Great, but there may have been some. (I still love our never-written AU where Peter's incognito trip across Europe overlaps chronologically with FW's kidnapping of tall soldiers--in reality, cahn, FW became king some 15 years too late--and nobody believes Potsdam Giant Peter when he claims to be the tsar of Russia!)
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Re: News from 1740
Date: 2021-11-20 08:01 pm (UTC)Let's not forget that one of the tallest kidnapped tall guys, James Kirkland, was Irish even in our universe! As Felis told us, "Which cost FW 8862 thaler! Even Förster called that wasteful spending."
:D
Per Wikipedia:
It is claimed that he was accompanied in the regiment by other tall soldiers from Ireland.
I believe it!
As for people he *didn't* have conflicts with over recruiting, I don't remember any with Peter the Great, but there may have been some. (I still love our never-written AU where Peter's incognito trip across Europe overlaps chronologically with FW's kidnapping of tall soldiers--in reality,