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   Tim Merrigan to Evelyn C. Leeper   
   Re: Trade Schools and Liberal Arts (and    
   04 Oct 25 10:35:32   
   
   From: tppm@rr.ca.com   
      
   On 10/3/2025 9:43 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > On 10/3/25 11:00 AM, Steve Coltrin wrote:   
   >> beginĀ  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).   
   >   
      
   You mean Louis Rey wasn't the title of the French kings?   
      
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