Dr. Foxy, "I am old enough to remember when being British involved keeping our word". Had that been true with the 2005 General Election promises for a referendum on Lisbon then we would be … (View Post)

Mr. Away, Ian Mortimer's got some great ones, from Roger Mortimer (The Greatest Traitor) and Edward III (The Perfecting King). And his book on Henry IV (The Fears of Henry IV) is excellent too. (View Post)

Mr. B2, there's a fair amount of truth in that. As an aside, I can strongly recommend Marc Morris' book The Norman Conquest, which is very good indeed and covers both the preceding and succ… (View Post)

Mr. Topping, no, we're going to do a "You're imposing an anachronistic understanding of political geography on the 11th century" thing. The king of 'France' (the remnant… (View Post)

Mr. Topping, Norman, not French. If it had been French then the king of France or his heir would've become king of England (the latter would have been the case in the early 13th century when the… (View Post)