I have always wondered...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Oberon

...a VERY brief touch on the War of the Roses (I mean, like one lesson), the Tudors, a brief mention of the Civil war, the Victorians, and the two world wars.

Does that mean I know more about the Tudors than you? I like all the connections there, from Columbus (again) through Philip of Spain and back to Richard III (who may have been a much better man than we remember, since we remember Shakespeare, who worked for Henry VII's granddaughter). Of course I got started on that part of history back in 1971 when I watched Six Wives of Henry VIII.

My late friend Rocky once characterized the era from the Crimea through World War Two as the third 'Hundred Years War'. He also called World War One a family squabble between Victoria's grandchildren, since George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II were all cousins.