Not a lot of light reading there: next up is
Sebastian Faulks' Jeeves & Wooster homage to Wodehouse as some relief from
three books full of internecine massacres and unfathomable strategic decisions.
I think the American Civil War may be emerging as my principal interest for the
next few months. Helen's parents' trip down the east coast jolted memories, and
after watching 'Gettysburg-The Movie' I'm back marching with the Army of
Northern Virginia. It is most alarming that I instinctively side with the very
wrong but wromantic confederacy over the right but repulsive Union. I know
perfectly well that at the time I would have supported the Union fully (at
least, I would have after the emancipation proclamation), but figures like Lee
are just so attractive, noble and dedicated to their forlorn cause.
