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Always maintained that I don’t care about 20th century history but perhaps I should start.

Hungarian Hubris vs. A few angry guys on Horsies

I miss when it was normal for characters to be unapologetic socialists.

So somehow everything seems even more screwed up when you consider that this wasn’t done out of base hatred or whatever but just… greed? economic interest? hm.

Hi so i’m already deeply attached to all main characters

Er is wütend und bereit es jedermann’s Problem zu mache

Hätte wirklich nicht gedacht dass dieses Buch mich so sehr packen würde weil mir jegliche Bezüge zum modernen Finanzwesen ja generell
zuwider sind aber Mittelalter-Crowdfunding, Kerbholz-Blockchain und Beginen-WGs sind schon ganz ulkig hier aufgearbeitet.

Unsurprisingly the incessant self-loathing is equally intolerable when women do it

they’re not selling me
i still don’t give a fuck about either mc sadly

The names man, the names are too much sometimes.

“Perhaps I did penetrate her on our wedding night, but upon my word I didn’t ejaculate within her because I, the KING OF FRANCE, was rendered [temporarily] impotent because of uh… magic. Therefore this Danish Princess cannot be my wife, and in fact never has been.”
Be so serious rn

Babes I want more detail why are these chapters so SHORT
(because its impossible to fit 12 entire biographies into one book, you say? Perhaps.)

was he… you know… born in the saddle? 👀
were his parents… uh… within the forbidden 5th degree?

Yeah she’s a baddie ig but will her illustrious lineage lend my offspring political clout

Oh Baby its about to get niche as FUCK in here

you know this is leftist theory when it shows tables upon tables of purchasing power developments etc

Mh but this is already a strong contender for favourite book of the year

i’ve never considered that heresy might have been medieval wokeness the way i am doing right now

messalina to messylina arc is beginning chef’s kiss mwah

The names in this are GIVING

Love how balanced this makes an effort of being, please don’t fall into the biographer’s tendency of girlbossifying those who don’t need it

Screaming that we get a completely irrelevant digression on The Good Samaritan story right off the bat. Robert Graves your MIND.

So gay and so homophobic

gay AND homophobic, if you please

Rest in piss, Don Rodrigo

D’you know what though if this was written today Lucia would’ve fucked the Unnamed and he would have been the main love interest introduced after Renzo turned out to actually be a worthless bitch

and that would have been unfortunate

Leaves you wishing that the idea of god could still lead people to do good in the 21st century instead of turning them into alt-right shitbags filled with hate 🙃

I know there’s been a recent surge in fmc that are so flawed they’re literally the Worst Person You Know and you’re still supposed to root for them, but poor Lucia has my whole heart. she’s just so… good. :(