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Post by hi224 on Sept 27, 2018 22:43:45 GMT
Any who fascinate you at all.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 28, 2018 2:41:03 GMT
Anyone fascinate you at all. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 28, 2018 15:42:32 GMT
For some reason I love the Stuarts. They seem dashing and adventurous, and they’re just fun to read about. Charles II (a “pretty, witty king, whose word no man relies on”) is particularly interesting—I particularly recommend John Dickson Carr’s masterly The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey—and I must be the only American who had Bonnie Prince Charlie as a childhood hero.  George III is also very interesting. And, to go to another part of the world, Saladin, if you consider him a “king.” |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 28, 2018 16:42:24 GMT
Louis XIV and John Sobieski
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 28, 2018 19:54:09 GMT
Henry II for sure. Very interesting period of time in English history.
Also, Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V. The late 19th century through WW2 is a fascinating period.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 28, 2018 21:47:10 GMT
For some reason I love the Stuarts. They seem dashing and adventurous, and they’re just fun to read about. Charles II (a “pretty, witty king, whose word no man relies on”) is particularly interesting—I particularly recommend John Dickson Carr’s masterly The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey—and I must be the only American who had Bonnie Prince Charlie as a childhood hero. George III is also very interesting. And, to go to another part of the world, Saladin, if you consider him a “king.” I knew you'd say Charles lol. By the way I am reading the Black Prince, damn Edward II gets shat on basically. The author even goes as far as to call him stupid and a lecherous idiot lol. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 28, 2018 22:01:49 GMT
For some reason I love the Stuarts. They seem dashing and adventurous, and they’re just fun to read about. Charles II (a “pretty, witty king, whose word no man relies on”) is particularly interesting—I particularly recommend John Dickson Carr’s masterly The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey—and I must be the only American who had Bonnie Prince Charlie as a childhood hero. George III is also very interesting. And, to go to another part of the world, Saladin, if you consider him a “king.” I knew you'd say Charles lol. By the way I am reading the Black Prince, damn Edward II gets shat on basically. The author even goes as far as to call him stupid and a lecherous idiot lol. I’m a huge Charles II fan, he’s just a fun person to read about. The best person? The best king? Nah. But possibly the most entertaining, and a better and cleverer politician than he’s usually given credit for; like Eisenhower and Reagan, he made others think he was an idiot while he outmaneuvered them behind their backs. His commitment to religious toleration for both Catholics and dissenting Protestants is much to be admired, especially in contrast to the dogmatism and blue-nosed totalitarianism of the odious Shaftesbury and his Green Ribbon cronies. And I have the utmost respect for Charles’s poor queen, Catherine of Braganza, who had to put up with his affairs with probably every other woman at court. “Alas, poor woman! She begs for my pardon? I beg hers with all my heart.” And Edward II! Quite a character, and fun to read about as well, and as you say maligned by history. The most commonly-circulated (and probably fictional) story about his death is brutal. What’s the book you’re reading about the Black Prince? |
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Post by hi224 on Sept 28, 2018 22:12:14 GMT
I knew you'd say Charles lol. By the way I am reading the Black Prince, damn Edward II gets shat on basically. The author even goes as far as to call him stupid and a lecherous idiot lol. I’m a huge Charles II fan, he’s just a fun person to read about. The best person? The best king? Nah. But possibly the most entertaining, and a better and cleverer politician than he’s usually given credit for; like Eisenhower and Reagan, he made others think he was an idiot while he outmaneuvered them behind their backs. His commitment to religious toleration for both Catholics and dissenting Protestants is much to be admired, especially in contrast to the dogmatism and blue-nosed totalitarianism of the odious Shaftesbury and his Green Ribbon cronies. And I have the utmost respect for Charles’s poor queen, Catherine of Braganza, who had to put up with his affairs with probably every other woman at court. “Alas, poor woman! She begs for my pardon? I beg hers with all my heart.” And Edward II! Quite a character, and fun to read about as well, and as you say maligned by history. The most commonly-circulated (and probably fictional) story about his death is brutal. What’s the book you’re reading about the Black Prince? A book by Barbara Emerson called The Black Prince, but I can't stand when books take a stance and is heartily pro or anti something, without any merit. I don't mind an impassioned argument as long as theres reasoning behind the bashing. |
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