tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post2539564494335978010..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: This Week at the Library (28 October - 3 November)Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-35354067376695162902010-11-05T11:43:53.868-05:002010-11-05T11:43:53.868-05:00I know of the Schama books - more through the TV s...I know of the Schama books - more through the TV series than anything else. I don't have any of them - but I do have his book on the French Revolution.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-85716857466496199482010-11-04T20:00:15.750-05:002010-11-04T20:00:15.750-05:00In reading about the holiday or event on Wikipedia...In reading about the holiday or event on Wikipedia, I read that some nations have forbidden fireworks and such. Australia has good reasons, I suppose...they seem to have been under a drought for my entire life.<br /><br />Thanks for the recommendation; I only had time to go to the public library, which carries nothing on the Gunpowder plot or that period. (Their British history section is somewhat anemic.) <br /><br />The Schama book is apparently part of a series; have you heard of it?Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-75047229588422385962010-11-03T17:46:44.637-05:002010-11-03T17:46:44.637-05:00SC said: Sean Lang wrote that 5 November is the cl...SC said: Sean Lang wrote that 5 November is the closest thing England has to a national holiday, it being the anniversary of Guy Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up Parliament and restore the One True Religion. <br /><br />Well... I wouldn't call it a national 'holiday'... a national *event* maybe..... which we largely celebrate by blowing up and burning down parts of our own country....<br /><br />I can recommend 'The Gunpowder Plot' by Antonia Fraser - if you haven't already read it. You'll learn more about the events than you ever thought you'd be interested in [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com