Some of them (such as the plan to invade either India or the Ottoman Empire during his Egyptian campaign) were clearly just idle musing, but were any of them ever serious, and if so could any of them feasibly have worked?
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I'm watching the new Netflix orginal "Narcos" and it's quite interesting. I'm wondering mainly how widely known his dirty little secrets were. Drugs, murder, overall corruption.
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It appears that they have significant power and act out in the open. I would have thought that a rich, Western country wouldn't tolerate such visible and powerful criminal organizations.
Has there never been a push in Japan to crack down on the Yakuza the same way that the U.S. did with the Mafia?
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In the Aubrey/Maturin novels, the two men seem able to find sheet music throughout England, naval installations, and elsewhere. They gift it to others and even seek out particular pieces. Would it have been possible to get a Moller, Mozart, or Handel piece with minimal effort and ready money during this period?
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According to my Great Grandma my great grandpa brought this back from the war. He served in the European theatre.
It measures 6 3/4" tall with a diameter of 2 3/16"
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So, something I've been wondering a long time about has been why nations like Brittany and Burgundy are called Duchies, rather than Kingdoms. I know that a Duchy is just a state led by a Duke or Duchess, but I'm confused if they were independent or not in someway. The way Europa Universalis depicts duchies is a kingdom that has been vassalized by another, and then the vassal takes the title Duke/Duchess and forfeits the name "Kingdom" in favor of "Duchy." Is this correct?
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As the title says, it's from Norway, found in a gård(farm) where their specialty was making shoes(cobbler). If you could expand on what it is, it would be greatly appreciated
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Writing a book set in 1929. How obsessively did people conform to modesty rules? The reason I ask is I'm about 12 chapters in, and one of the main protagonists (female) has let her male friend into her bathroom via the window while she's having a bath. They're known each other for some time, they're both 17 and the girl's parents have effectively grounded her, hence her having to see this boy covertly. She's in a towel when she opens the window but later sheds the towel and gets in the bath. Would this realistically happen that a girl in the 1920s would be this immodest? She's quite outgoing, but I guess I've always seen people of the past as prudes. Book is set in England, and the characters are both middle-class :)
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I believe Sweden had and still has a French family ruling. Usually monarchies have an order of succession for the country's people and the King's/Queen's family, right?
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I'm looking for something with a lot of primary sources, well written, and chock full of interesting facts. What are your suggestions?
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When I say Pakistan, I mean both current Pakistan and Bangladesh (former East Pakistan).
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