I will gladly read whatever gossipy sensationalism Selena has, but you have to understand that the entire 17th century is the period that I tried studying 20 years ago out of a sense of obligation, and ended up almost crying with boredom until I gave up and went back to my fascinating 18th century. So while I know the general outlines of this century better than you do (judging by that summary, lol), what's in my head is the dry version of history, not the "anecdotes and personalities" version.
Sorry! Read the Winter Queen! (Which I'm still only a third of the way through, because I got distracted by the 18th century again, as is my custom. ;) )
Also, I'm not saying it's intrinsically boring, far from it. Many exciting things happened! It's just the things I've read about have never pushed my fannish buttons.
But definitely start a new post before I go to bed, so I can subscribe to notifications before Selena wakes up and starts teaching us things!
I will! Only I've promised myself to read Faust first, and also I got the vague impression that it would be better if I knew a little more about the 17th century going in than "various people got their head cut off." :P
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Re: English revolution
Sorry! Read the Winter Queen! (Which I'm still only a third of the way through, because I got distracted by the 18th century again, as is my custom. ;) )
Also, I'm not saying it's intrinsically boring, far from it. Many exciting things happened! It's just the things I've read about have never pushed my fannish buttons.
But definitely start a new post before I go to bed, so I can subscribe to notifications before Selena wakes up and starts teaching us things!
Re: English revolution
I will! Only I've promised myself to read Faust first, and also I got the vague impression that it would be better if I knew a little more about the 17th century going in than "various people got their head cut off." :P
Post coming right up, in 5-10 minutes.