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Reading for the 8th time
Redsteve said:
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An excellent guide to popular games from Roman times up to around 1900 - although the author admits that many of the details prior to the Medieval period are highly speculative - aimed primarily at reenactors. Although some French, German, and Italia
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""Were they to kill the king, it would make four consecutive monarchs to perish in that way. Dying in one's royal bed is so sixteenth century."
"You sound like a Dumas villain. A rather witty one but still."
"I should take that as a compliment. Dumas never even mentions me. It's Richelieu this and Richelieu that, but not even a sentence or two for the poor bastard scion."" — 1 hour, 34 min ago
""Were they to kill the king, it would make four consecutive monarchs to perish in that way. Dying in one's royal bed is so sixteenth century."
"You sound like a Dumas villain. A rather witty one but still."
"I should take that as a compliment. Dumas never even mentions me. It's Richelieu this and Richelieu that, but not even a sentence or two for the poor bastard scion."" — 1 hour, 34 min ago
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― Distrust That Particular Flavor
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