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“By effectively proscribing all change from below without placing any constraints on the powers of rulers, such a system arrested normal development and created a situation in which, since absolutist rulers were unlikely agents of social, economic or political development, change could only be brought about by violent revolution.”
― Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
― Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
“It ain't always easy, if your knees knock as hard as mine, but you must remember the golden rule: when the game's going against you, stay calm—and cheat.”
― Flashman at the Charge
― Flashman at the Charge
“it wasn't that I'd grown any braver as I got older - the reverse if anything”
― Flashman at the Charge
― Flashman at the Charge
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
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The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more
The Flashman Club
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A place for all fans of George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series to discuss and laugh over the books. ...more
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