Posts with Comments by Robbo

Virtue, sin and normalcy

  • Quote: "As you know James II lost his throne because of his sincere Roman Catholicism" 
     
    Err, no. If you had to summarise the reasons for his fall in one sentence it would better be 'He lost his throne because he alienated almost the entire English political classes, through his lack of political skill in national and international dealings.'
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