On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
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The strange thing is, I picked up knowledge about the
Romans and
Victorians from *somewhere*. Maybe it was a form of osmosis from
popular culture and museums and references in other books and from TV?
Doh! I studied Latin (and "Classical civilisation") at school! That
explains it! :-)
And some of the memories of Victorian stuff from primary school,
including learning about Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Fry, are
starting to resurface. OK, Fry (and Nelson) aren't exactly Victorian
era, but it's close enough. And it seems that the focus was on people
and events rather than broad eras and dates.
Carcharoth