On 12/30/2020 7:11 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 06:37:18 -0500 > Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: <svip > (Off topic: A "Good Thing", in capital letters, is a normally reference to a > comic history of England "1066 and All That", by WC Sellar and RJ Yeatman, > [London 1930], which boiled all English history down into 103 Good Things, 5 > Bad Kings, and 2 Genuine Dates. For people my age (now mid 70s), their > division of history into Good Things and Bad Things greatly simplified the > historical scene!) >
As a former History major I loved 1066 and all that. Their use of humour greatly enhanced what can too often be a dry subject. I need to replace my copy of that fine book. Regards Keith
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