Category: History

Utopia

Thomas More bought land stretching from the Thames up to the King’s Road in 1520. He chose this site as being midway between the King’s Thames-side palaces at Hampton Court and Greenwich. The house he built became known as Beaufort House after his execution. As you can see there were extensive grounds with gardens, orchards… Continue reading Utopia

Agent Zo

I have noticed a new genre of biography and it is very much to my liking as a generalist.

Rise Up

“Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870.” (Wikipedia)

Re-Writing History

Earlier this month I wrote about leaders in war, beginning with Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt.

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General Kerrich

“Here Lies Buried General Walter D’Oyly Kerrich, Colonel Commandant Royal Late Madras Artillery, Eldest son of Thomas Kerrich Esquire, Died 27th January 1911.”

Leaders in War

We shall begin by studying Henry V and Agincourt, as Carol Adelman of the Hudson Institute and her husband, Ken (former US ambassador to the UN and director of the U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency) have done.