A King, an Unfinished Business, and the Teutonic Custom
Once upon a time there was a prince. What he liked above all things were…
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Giant Flowers and Mythological Roots
A departure today from our usual subjects. But a couple of facts took me quite…
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Three Garments and Half a Million Men
Somewhere in your wardrobe there is a war. The cardigan is named after the seventh…
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A Boy’s Own Summer at Erzurum
Having stepped aside for Kutuzov’s excursion from our survey of the Russo-Turkish wars — from…
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La La… Pasha
Since we are on the subject of the Ottomans in Erzurum, it would be remiss…
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1453 Overture
Everyone remembers two of these. The third is the one worth knowing. Tchaikovsky’s has cannon…
