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LJ Grant's avatar

I absolutely LOVE this kind of "following the crumbs" of history, which is inevitably entangled with religion/politics, and conquest. I would add that you are a superb writer, and English *not* being your first language impresses the H*** out of me even more. Thank you so much for sharing this kind of top quality content!

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Linda Tharp's avatar

Very interesting piece producing random thoughts: I wonder if there was a spate of Norman architecture in Sicily following the conquest like there was in England. I love the idea of all things lost by humanity going to the moon, and still existing there! That is so poetic about Orlando's senno being found in a bottle. The marionettes are so gorgeous in their Renaissance armor. The granita looks finer than the NYC version which is a little crunchy and a comes in only lemon or espresso (at least in old-school shops).

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