What are you reading now?

[AshtonBlack]

The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton. The second in a series. Very very good.

[AshtonBlack]

Just finished "Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kindgoms, 1638-1660" by Trevor Royle. A monumental tome but a right riveting read. It's all in there, Charles I, Cromwell, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Fifth Monarchists, Cromwell, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution etc etc etc. Fine single volume work on the English Civil War. Recommended.

Is Cromwell in it?

[Animavore]

The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling. Delightful as always.

[Clinton Huxley]

Just finished "Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kindgoms, 1638-1660" by Trevor Royle. A monumental tome but a right riveting read. It's all in there, Charles I, Cromwell, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Fifth Monarchists, Cromwell, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution etc etc etc. Fine single volume work on the English Civil War. Recommended.

Is Cromwell in it?

Did I forget to mention Cromwell?

[klr]

Just finished "Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kindgoms, 1638-1660" by Trevor Royle. A monumental tome but a right riveting read. It's all in there, Charles I, Cromwell, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Fifth Monarchists, Cromwell, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution etc etc etc. Fine single volume work on the English Civil War. Recommended.

Is Cromwell in it?

Did I forget to mention Cromwell?

As long as he dies a gory and inglorious death, I'm happy.

[Clinton Huxley]

Just finished "Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kindgoms, 1638-1660" by Trevor Royle. A monumental tome but a right riveting read. It's all in there, Charles I, Cromwell, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Fifth Monarchists, Cromwell, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution etc etc etc. Fine single volume work on the English Civil War. Recommended.

Is Cromwell in it?

Did I forget to mention Cromwell?

As long as he dies a gory and inglorious death, I'm happy.

Gall stones, malaria and gout.

[klr]

Just finished "Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kindgoms, 1638-1660" by Trevor Royle. A monumental tome but a right riveting read. It's all in there, Charles I, Cromwell, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Fifth Monarchists, Cromwell, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution etc etc etc. Fine single volume work on the English Civil War. Recommended.

Is Cromwell in it?

Did I forget to mention Cromwell?

As long as he dies a gory and inglorious death, I'm happy.

Gall stones, malaria and gout.

That will do. We don't really like Ollie over here, as you may have gathered.

[Clinton Huxley]

That will do. We don't really like Ollie over here, as you may have gathered.

The book does mention there was some opposition to his modernisation programme and constitutional reforms

[klr]

That will do. We don't really like Ollie over here, as you may have gathered.

The book does mention there was some opposition to his modernisation programme and constitutional reforms

I can see you're well versed in contemporary management-speak.

[Clinton Huxley]

That will do. We don't really like Ollie over here, as you may have gathered.

The book does mention there was some opposition to his modernisation programme and constitutional reforms

I can see you're well versed in contemporary management-speak.

Just been looking at Cromwell's annual appraisal for 1649. Rated as a "Meets most" with the comment "He who could take Drogheda, could take Hell"....

[klr]

That will do. We don't really like Ollie over here, as you may have gathered.

The book does mention there was some opposition to his modernisation programme and constitutional reforms

I can see you're well versed in contemporary management-speak.

Just been looking at Cromwell's annual appraisal for 1649. Rated as a "Meets most" with the comment "He who could take Drogheda, could take Hell"....

:-)

Whenever I witness some tiresome bureaucracy at work (ironic juxtaposition there), I am moved to wonder what Julius Caesar would have done in the same situation.

[Bella Fortuna]

Draw up a useful mission statement?

[Clinton Huxley]

We need Tigger to re-do the Hitler Bunker scene as "Hitler receives critical end of year feedback"....

[klr]

Draw up a useful mission statement?

Whatever it was, it would likely have involved a lot of blood.

We need Tigger to re-do the Hitler Bunker scene as "Hitler receives critical end of year feedback"....

[Clinton Huxley]

Draw up a useful mission statement?

"We seek to maximise the acreage of the Roman Empire through the judicious acquisition of neighbouring territories, whilst leveraging the Egyptian grain harvest in the provision of bread to the masses".

or

"We aim to be number one in crucifixions"