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I’ve had a considerable shock. A fictional hero…isn’t.
When in England many years ago, I bought a pretty collection of five, wee, hard-cover novels. Each book, clad in a yellow dust jacket, measured 7 inches by 4.5 inches, more or less the size of my hand. Despite the … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Three Musketeers", "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", Alexandre Dumas, Aramis, Athos, Belle-Ile, Brittany, D'Artagnan, Fouquet, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Michelin, Perplexity, Porthos, the Sun King, Wikipedia
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A devastating description of a monarch who sounds like Trump.
If you scrape the rubbish-heap of servile, coeval flattery that usually smothers the personality of a monarch you will discover a few kings who have been truly great; many who have achieved greatness because they were wisely content to serve … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Dumas, French Revolution, Louis the Fourteenth, Louis XIV, Madame de Montespan, Rafael Sabatini, Roi Soleil, the Sun King, Trump, Trump family, Trump's ballroom, Versailles
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I’ve been feeling oddly vengeful lately. What have I done about it?
Several things, but the big one is…I’m re-reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I’d been evading a re-read for the last several years because I’ve always found the betrayal of Dantès unbearable, even though it stimulates a yearning for what … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crime & Punishment, Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Edmund Dantes, The Count of Monte Cristo
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