Since we have been discussing kingship in the North of England in the tenth century, let us bring the discussion up-to-date. Our current Prime Minister visited my workplace in Morecambe (part of Lancaster City District since local government reorganization in 1973) when he was Leader of the Opposition. The current Leader of the Opposition will speak in Lancaster Priory Church this week. The Queen visited Lancaster Castle, right next door to the Priory and looming over our street, in May this year. How good to have them visiting and speaking instead of fighting and looting!
This month began with nine posts on the first day but the blog will now slow down. I will continue to reread Poul Anderson's
Mother Of Kings and hopefully start to read SM Stirling's
The Stone Dogs but will also be engaged in other activities mentioned before. Thank you for recent page views and comments.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
It is certainly good that the leaders of the UK don't have to use violent methods for either rising to power or settling their differences of opinion. I would only warn that such civilized conditions will not necessarily last forever. For example, a nation's institutions might decay so badly that they become unable to prevent violent usurpings of power. That is one of the warnings Poul Anderson tries to tell us over and over in his works.
And I look forward to any comments you care to make about Stirling's THE STONE DOGS. And to any allusions, connections, or appropriate analogies Stirling's book causes you to find in the works of Poul Anderson.
Sean
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