The "Club" is trying to discredit me by making me look foolish.
If you are suddenly declared a Pseudo-Poster we will know who is behind it.
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If you are suddenly declared a Pseudo-Poster we will know who is behind it.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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Cheers.
BTW, I really enjoyed visiting Cardiff and listening to the children speak both Welsh and English.
No, Bernal Diaz...an eyewitness to the fall of the Aztecs. I assume you have read it. I couldn't think of Diaz' name when I mentioned the book.I read the Conquest of New Spain a few years and found it a ripping good read! Even though some people say it's fiction.
Is this the W.H. Prescott one?
Cheers.
BTW, I really enjoyed visiting Cardiff and listening to the children speak both Welsh and English.
The deeper you go, the higher you fly.
Thanks Michelle.
Oh Diaz - yes, that too was a good read although I'll admit certain predjudices prevented me from warming to the author, although to be fair I do seem to remember him being equally scathing about the excesses of his fellow conquistadores'. Diaz (along with, I think Clavijero - I could be wrong) was a major source for Prescott, so if you liked that I'd certainly also recommend him. The books in 2 volumes and it looks like it'll take a year to read, but it's quite hard to put it down and you end up tearing through it in no time at all.
And off topic, here's another pro-Welsh vote. If I don't end up living in Mexico, I'll happily settle for north Wales. Great place and great people.
Oh Diaz - yes, that too was a good read although I'll admit certain predjudices prevented me from warming to the author, although to be fair I do seem to remember him being equally scathing about the excesses of his fellow conquistadores'. Diaz (along with, I think Clavijero - I could be wrong) was a major source for Prescott, so if you liked that I'd certainly also recommend him. The books in 2 volumes and it looks like it'll take a year to read, but it's quite hard to put it down and you end up tearing through it in no time at all.
And off topic, here's another pro-Welsh vote. If I don't end up living in Mexico, I'll happily settle for north Wales. Great place and great people.
