Oh, bugger. Webscriptions seems to be lacking a proper gift giving mechanism. (Something I will be complaining about.) Apparantly, I need full access to the account to do that. (So much for surprise gifts.)
If you'd change your password to one you don't use anywhere else, and send it to me at lilla_pi@hotmail.com, I'll give you the book. *grumbling*
I liked 1632 and the sequels, since they were rather insightful and quite decently correct (except, in places, such as the rix dollars and the Swedish gentry, but Eric Flint don't mind retrofitting wihen he finds out how it really was). However, it amused me greatly that each grand pattern of European history was explained in great detail (see, the prince chose which religion his every subject should follow), but that the reader was presumed to know the personality traits of American presidents in detail. I hope this doesn't show the difference between our history educations.
Also, the engagement between Sharon and Hans amused me. First, Hans had his mother's ring? And had carried it through how many years of battle? Second, the whole ring thing is rather late. Swedish customs at the time, where the engagement rather than the wedding was the legal commitment, dictated no rings, except among the nobility. Rings (two for the engagement, one for the wedding) came later, and the whole stone bit is extremely new, only since the diamonds in South Africa were found. (I read up on that when we got engaged.) I don't think the German customs were different by much.
Your HP memories were a treat to read, and deserves an entry of their own!
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If you'd change your password to one you don't use anywhere else, and send it to me at lilla_pi@hotmail.com, I'll give you the book. *grumbling*
I liked 1632 and the sequels, since they were rather insightful and quite decently correct (except, in places, such as the rix dollars and the Swedish gentry, but Eric Flint don't mind retrofitting wihen he finds out how it really was). However, it amused me greatly that each grand pattern of European history was explained in great detail (see, the prince chose which religion his every subject should follow), but that the reader was presumed to know the personality traits of American presidents in detail. I hope this doesn't show the difference between our history educations.
Also, the engagement between Sharon and Hans amused me. First, Hans had his mother's ring? And had carried it through how many years of battle? Second, the whole ring thing is rather late. Swedish customs at the time, where the engagement rather than the wedding was the legal commitment, dictated no rings, except among the nobility. Rings (two for the engagement, one for the wedding) came later, and the whole stone bit is extremely new, only since the diamonds in South Africa were found. (I read up on that when we got engaged.) I don't think the German customs were different by much.
Your HP memories were a treat to read, and deserves an entry of their own!