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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 10419, member: 25"]But it's the real Civil War, between the King and Parliament, and the history was published in 1683. It is a more or less narrative account covering the period from the coronation of Charles I to the restoration of Charles II. I really have no idea why the Pictures are duplicated</p><p>[ATTACH=full]2380[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2380[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2382[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2380[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The writer was a high ranking official who kept his head down and kept his head, but was privy to affairs of state and parliament. I fished it out of the shed to consider selling it but started to read it and it is full of dead pan accounts of fiascos such as this where an attempt on a 'Great Booty' at Cadiz resulted in a rout when the English all got roaring drunk (more or less what happens today)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2381[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the plague was raging.</p><p><br /></p><p>With some sunny weather a chair on the lawn is a good place to read this rather large book, it is too big for bedtime reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2382[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 10419, member: 25"]But it's the real Civil War, between the King and Parliament, and the history was published in 1683. It is a more or less narrative account covering the period from the coronation of Charles I to the restoration of Charles II. I really have no idea why the Pictures are duplicated [ATTACH=full]2380[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2380[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2380[/ATTACH] The writer was a high ranking official who kept his head down and kept his head, but was privy to affairs of state and parliament. I fished it out of the shed to consider selling it but started to read it and it is full of dead pan accounts of fiascos such as this where an attempt on a 'Great Booty' at Cadiz resulted in a rout when the English all got roaring drunk (more or less what happens today) [ATTACH=full]2381[/ATTACH] Oh, and the plague was raging. With some sunny weather a chair on the lawn is a good place to read this rather large book, it is too big for bedtime reading. [ATTACH=full]2382[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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