From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/3/25 11:00 AM, Steve Coltrin wrote:   
   > begin  fnord   
   > "Evelyn C. Leeper"  writes:   
   >   
   > [De Bellico Rosis]   
   >   
   >> As I wrote in my review of Dan Jones's THE PLANTAGENETS:   
   >>   
   >> "And there are so many defections and deceptions that keeping track   
   >> of who is on which side almost requires a scorecard..."   
   >   
   > Doesn't help at all that everyone involved is named either Margaret,   
   > Edward, Anne, Henry, Elizabeth, or Richard.   
      
   Excellent point! Now we know where the Pythons got the idea for the   
   Bruces sketch.   
      
   England/UK is also where one "Bertie" became King Edward VII, and   
   another King George VI, and David became King Edward III.   
      
   OTOH, French kings seemed to all be either Louis (eighteen or nineteen,   
   depending how you count them, plus one or two Louis Philippes) or   
   Charles (ten of them).   
      
   --   
   Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
   Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.   
   Every day you're alive is a special occasion. -Ann Wells   
      
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