Henry VI, Part 2
Henry was more martyr than king and developed a cult after he was slain. Quotes from The Brothers York by Thomas Penn: “As a shuffling Harry was led the short Continue Reading →
Category Archives: History
Weekend 528.0 (Barnet)
A quote from the The Brothers York by Thomas Penn: “The fog lent the fighting a more desperate edge than usual. Hand-gunners and archers fired at the invisible enemy at Continue Reading →
Henry VI
“A man who could, on occasion, assert his royal will and make decisions, but whose interests were not those of most medieval kings, being far more focused on his afterlife Continue Reading →
Weekend 526.0 (palaces made of lime and stone)
“People simply refused to believe what was happening…” Finished The Brothers York by Thomas Penn. Some more quotes, substitutions, archeological curiosities, and final thoughts (and what comes next). Quotes “Late Continue Reading →
Historical Redux: Edward IV 1496 versus Biden 2022
Just swap a couple of words in this quote from The Brothers York: An English Tragedy by Thomas Penn: “One chronicler, a Cambridge scholar, summed up the situation succinctly. The ‘common Continue Reading →
Weekend 524.2 (seditious persons…covetous rule…singular lucre)
Quotes from The Brothers York: An English Tragedy by Thomas Penn: “He [Edward IV] was comfortable enough to schedule in a diversionary loop, a pilgrimage through East Anglia to the Continue Reading →
Weekend 523.1
“Judica me, Deus, discerne causam meum de gente non sancta.” Psalm 42 Quotes from The Brothers York: An English Tragedy by Thomas Penn: “Meanwhile, shortly before sunset on Thursday 18 Continue Reading →
Weekend 522.0
I don’t know that much about William R. Hearst but he was rabidly anti-communist so that makes him A-OKAY in my book. It’s time to smoke out the commies in Continue Reading →
Adolf Hitler or Justin Trudeau?
“The small, fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa, who are holding unacceptable views that they are expressing, do not represent the views of Canadians who Continue Reading →
Weekend 521.2
I was in the **new** store in Westport, CT a couple of weeks ago doing some research. The Brothers York, by the way, is a perfect follow-up to Fatal Colours Continue Reading →