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A History of the World Conqueror
The Fourth Crusade Just over 800 years ago, on 13th April, 1204, the Fourth Crusade sacked the city of Constantinople, capital of the former Byzantine Empire, in an orgy of slaughter, rape and...
View ArticleThe Origins of the West
The origins of the West are complex. Some matters are well known, others less so. I recently watched part of Dr Thomas Ashbridge’s re-examination of the Crusades. Does he remedy this? The Crusades was...
View ArticleWorld Creation
For me, World Creation begins with the unknown. ‘Write what you know’ we are admonished. A bit of a problem for SF. Who knows aliens? the shape of the future? SF demands you suspend disbelief. Yet...
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