Christmas in April, An Involuntary King Style

My husband Jim said at lunch today, "I often think about what modern conveniences people in the Middle Ages would most appreciate."  We talked about electric lights, hot and cold running water, washing machines, and other things we take for granted. 

Then in a light-hearted manner  he said, "If you could go back and take some modern inventions, what would the characters in your book like to have most?" 

King Lawrence - An Apache helicopter.  With it he could have gone to Ratherwood, taken the stronghold, and been home for dinner.

Shannon O'Neill - A toss up between a Casio keyboard and Irish whiskey.

High Reeve Lorin - No question, a SmartPhone.

Peter, Caithness, Elaine and Tavish - a Wii console and games.

Elerde of Brittany - A Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Rory McGuinness - Facebook, where he would constantly write on Queen Josephine's wall.  Such as, "Queen Josephine is the fairest lady in all the land."
Elerde of Brittany likes this.

The Queen herself is harder to pin down. Jim said "One of those lighted make-up mirrors."  I said no way.  But I couldn't come up with anything either.  So I am throwing this out to you.

• What modern item would Josephine, Queen of Críslicland, like to have?

For those who are reading the scandalous outtakes on the An Involuntary King blog, how about:

Erik the Dane - A container ship.

The courtesan, Juliana - Now she might like that mirror.  Jim said "birth control" but since she says she's barren, she wouldn't need that.  So I'll day... a curling iron.

Of course, to get these jokes, you will have had to read my novel, which I hope you will do anyway, but perhaps until you have had that chance you can transfer the identities to other characters from historical novels that take place at the same time. (The ebook, by the way, is only $6.95 on Smashwords, and if you are really, really sweet to me, I would clagly give you a tidy little coupon for half off.  And.. I sell the hpaperback for $15.95 autographed on Amazon.com.)

Have some fun with favorite characters of your own.