[HN Gopher] What Happens When You Kill Your King
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       What Happens When You Kill Your King
        
       Author : cocacola1
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2023-04-21 19:08 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | kelseyfrog wrote:
       | What a mess of an article. If you're looking for a history of the
       | English civil war that's more easily understandable than the
       | article and genuinely engaging, I can't recommend Mike Duncan's
       | podcast on it enough[1].
       | 
       | 1. http://www.sal.wisc.edu/~jwp/revolutions-episode-index.html
        
         | flonkyflonk wrote:
         | It's a review of three books, not a beginners guide to that
         | period. I enjoyed and it made me want to read the books, so I
         | guess it did its job.
         | 
         | It also contains a philosopher related pun which is either one
         | of the best or worst I've ever heard. As great puns should be
         | like that, it's probably the latter.
        
         | ZunarJ5 wrote:
         | Chapo Trap House recently did a series too:
         | https://hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com/views/podcast/
        
         | devindotcom wrote:
         | It's a book review.
        
           | jt2190 wrote:
           | Specifically of:
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           | "The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England,
           | 1603-1689" by Jonathan Healey
           | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659745/the-
           | blazing-...
           | 
           | "The Making of Oliver Cromwell" by Ronald Hutton
           | https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300266443/the-making-
           | of-...
           | 
           | "Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne" by
           | Katherine Rundel
           | https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607401/superinfinite
        
             | devindotcom wrote:
             | Yes, I actually intend to read the book in question (with
             | some salt on the side) but I'm waiting until I finish the
             | Wolf Hall books because I don't want any Cromwell spoilers!
             | An absurd situation but there it is.
        
         | MilStdJunkie wrote:
         | I rather liked it, but that's not a fair opinion, because way
         | back when dinosaurs roamed the earth I did a BA in a nearly
         | adjacent historical area. Not quite going in cold.
        
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