“As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.” HumilityPrideArroganceHubris Book:The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors Source: The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
“Eduardo V tenía doce años y había recibido una buena educación. Presumiblemente sabía lo suficiente sobre la historia inglesa y sobre la naturaleza humana como para anticipar su destino. Los reyes depuestos no sobrevivían. [...] Para cuando el calor estival dejo de calcinar los muros encalados de la Torre de Londres, Eduardo, "que tenía tanta dignidad en toda su persona y tanto encanto en su rostro", había desaparecido junto con su hermano pequeño. [...] En noviembre de 1483, la política inglesa actuaba según el supuesto de que nunca volvería a verse a los Príncipes de la Torre con vida.” HistoryEnglandHistoriaInglaterraAsesinatoWars Of The RosesRichard IiiTudorGuerra De Las RosasPrinces Of The Tower Book:The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors Source: The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
“During the thirteenth century Genoese traders in the Black Sea port of Caffa struck a deal to run slaves captured in the Caucasus by the Mongols to the Mamluk rulers of Egypt, shipping them to the Nile Delta via the Black Sea and Mediterranean, whereupon the slaves would be forcibly impressed into the Mamluk army. Effectively this meant that the Christian Genoese were directly responsible for supplying workers to a power that was doing its best to crush the western crusader states of Syria and Palestine.” ProfitMongolsGenoeseMamluks Book:Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages Source: Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
“Extravagance was a political necessity.” InspirationImageryPolitical Theater Book:The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors Source: The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
“Sears is offering free $10 gift cards to the first few hundred shoppers. So that may have something to do with the early crowd.” FirstsMayHundredCrowdsCardsOfferingShoppersSears Author:Dan Jones
“IBM customers of any size can now rest assured that Double-Take, the most innovative, flexible and reliable data protection solution on the market, is proven to integrate easily into their IBM infrastructure.” SolutionsSizeCustomersProtectionDataProvenFlexibilityAssuredFlexibleInfrastructureInnovativeIntegratingIbmDouble Take Author:Dan Jones
“What I see is not what I am looking at but what I am looking with. And so my first and principal duty...is to find my eyes of love.” FirstsEyeDutyPrincipalEyes Of Love Author:Dan Jones