Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "The Thunderchild - Chapter 17 of War of the Worlds" video.

After 1000 years of war between the English and the French, when this book was published in 1898 there was an understandable suspicion of the French amongst English people of the time.
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@christopherconard2831 The English Civil War was 250 years before this book was written and none of its battles occurred in the parts of England discussed here. So I doubt there would be any memory of what women put under their skirts during the conflict.
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