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Satire, 1819-style

From my research-pile, a snippet of one of the snarky songs of the late Regency period:
WHEN full sedition’s stalking through the land,
It then behoves each patriotic band
     Of Noble Minded Yeomen Cavaliers;
To sally forth and rush upon the mob,
And execute the Magisterial Job
     Of cutting off the Ragamuffin’s ears.
HOW valiantly we met that crew
Of infants, men [...]

Posted 25 May 2010 † nickyp § History § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Long live Sharpe

In the past six weeks, I’ve blown through more than 20 of the Richard Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell (holding off on the 1820-set one to use as incentive to meet my page goals this month). 
Wow. Rollicking adventure, tight serial plotting and continuing characters who grow (somewhat). I read them in historical order, marveling that [...]

Posted 30 August 2008 † nickyp § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,