Last night, after blogging, other reading comprised Mark Millar's Swamp Thing which also involved parallel Earths.Our local immersion in history seems appropriate while reading historical or alternative historical fiction. The monarch has been the Duke of Lancaster for over 750 years. The Castle gate man's salary is paid both by the Duchy and by Castlegate Security. (Scroll down.) (Addendum: However, the gate man misinformed us about the nature of the "Lancaster inheritance." See here.)
In the center of Lancaster, pedestrian passageways include an "Everard's Way" so I imagine someone entering the passage late at night and exiting it in an earlier century. (Poul Anderson fans and regular blog readers know that Manson Everard is a Time Patrol agent.)
Addendum: The "inheritance" means that the Duchy has existed for over 750 years, not that it has been attached to the Crown that long.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Technically, the Duchy of Lancaster has been "merged" with the crown since Henry of Lancaster deposed Richard II and usurped the crown as Henry IV. The wealth and power of Lancaster was once so great that no king wanted to again confer the ducal title on anyone else since then.
And I certainly know who Manse Everard is!
Ad astra! Sean
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