in other words, Cornwell is a fun read and I am blazing through at a good clip

Things I have learned about British military history by reading a lot of Bernard Cornwell:

Sometimes, England gets bored and invades France. Sometimes, France gets bored and tries to invade England. Sometimes, France gets bored and tries to take over the world and England goes to stop it. Sometimes, England gets bored and takes over the world and France tries feebly to put up a fight, and then is horribly stomped on by a lot of dirty, green-coated riflemen. Oh, and the Duke of Wellington. If you go back before 1700, there are archers and what they like to do best in the world is invade France. There are also always beautiful women. ALWAYS.

Oh, and the Irish hate the English, the Scots hate the English, the Welsh hate the English, and the English hate everyone else, yet they all hate the French even more and so they find common ground and work together.

more Narnian songs (and yes, I had to pull my Norrington icon JUST FOR THIS)

Continued on from here. I may redo these later with commentary the way I did here. For those that don't know, there's a nice definition of a sea shanty here.

One marching cadence from the Royal Narnian Army, one merchant sea shanty, and one Narnian Navy sea shanty.

( Getting Old )

( The Merchant's Greeting (Upon Being Hailed By Pirates) )

( Southern Narnia )

I am almost ashamed to say that there will probably be more. I am pretty sure that other people actually write fic.