re: #151 Decatur Deb
Another Steptoe descendant eh?
Er, Shaftoe.
“Penn did not take his gaze away from the window, but squinted as if trying to hold back a mighty volume of flatulence, and shifted his focal point to a thousand miles in the distance. But this was coastal Holland and there was nothing out that window save the Curvature of the World”
“… I am seated near a window that looks out over a canal, and two gondoliers, who nearly collided a minute ago, are screaming murderous threats at each other… The Venetians have even given it a name: ‘Canal Rage’.”
I am almost finished with the third and last book “The System of the World.” I have never had so much fun learning about history than this series of books, it’s 80 percent fact, mixed with a very clever 20 percent fiction and a 100 percent fun.