R gave me two books for Christmas. I took the precaution of nominating them, so both are palpable hits.
Category: PG Wodehouse
Mid-Season Form
Sunset at Barons Court
Black Friday
Bills
Thank You, Hilary
Cork and Orrery
In September 1941 after supper at the White House, “a jolly party”, Franklin Roosevelt asked his guests to name four outstanding leaders. Eleanor chose: Anne Hutchinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson and Carrie Chapman Catt. Franklin nominated: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and the Earl of Orrery.
Sweetness and Light
Lord Emsworth and Others
The Battle of Bouvines
The Battle of Bouvines is not one of those famous battles like Agincourt, Crécy, Blenheim, Waterloo, El Alamein. This is simply because, in spite of being in an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto IV, and having numerical superiority the English army was given a good beating by King Philip Augustus of France. As… Continue reading The Battle of Bouvines