tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264965526853735683.post4834631254768511052..comments2024-03-23T09:57:30.798+00:00Comments on The Review : PAULA'S PEOPLE - ALISON MORTON TALKS ABOUT HER BOOK INCEPTIOSharon Bennett Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041403536250826439noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264965526853735683.post-54121647437192731252013-10-02T21:39:17.570+01:002013-10-02T21:39:17.570+01:00Great comments!! I of course would like to have se...Great comments!! I of course would like to have seen Harold win Hastings, mostly to avoid the terrible suffering that he inflicted on the population, peasant or thegnly (noble). Harold could be quite merciful when he wanted but if he had any sense he would not have allowed William his life, for I dont think he would have given up if he had been sent home to Normandy. But I suspect that Harold would have had problems with William's sons who would no doubt have wanted revenge and the crown they would have believed was theirs by right so the inevitable could have happened, the Norman invasion would have come at some point. I would have liked to have seen Harold support Edgar perhaps, as his successor. Edgar proved to be courageous and brave, unfortunately he was surrounded by a defeated, demoralised people and eventually all the rebels capitulated. The steadfast having died at Hastings with their lord Harold. But if Harold had lived, under his tutelage, he might have proved to be a great king.Paula Loftinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138899684247746388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264965526853735683.post-31779666722291589792013-10-02T18:44:53.167+01:002013-10-02T18:44:53.167+01:00Good heavens, what fantastic comments!
You may all...Good heavens, what fantastic comments!<br />You may all find this site interesting for the development of alternate/alternative timelines. http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Main_PageAlison Mortonhttp://alison-morton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264965526853735683.post-70428803475943233922013-10-02T17:08:17.344+01:002013-10-02T17:08:17.344+01:00I would have had Neville Chamberlain and others ta...I would have had Neville Chamberlain and others take the moral high road with Hitler and stomped on him before the marched on Poland. While that would not have wiped on antisemitism, it would have saved many millions, allowed a natural economic recovery from the Great Depression in Europe, allowed American to grow at a reasonable rate without developing a 'save the world' complex, and allowed the great societies of Europe the advantage of Jewish scholarship and talent. It either would have prevented the attack on Pearl Harbor or allowed the US to fight its own war which likely would have been resolved without resort to Hiroshama and Nagasaki. The Russian influence on European culture would have been more socio-political than military. Linda Fetterly Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679025414115279660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264965526853735683.post-63056163302152825622013-10-02T16:44:37.826+01:002013-10-02T16:44:37.826+01:00I'd love to know how events would have played ...I'd love to know how events would have played had Bonnie Prince Charlie not turned back at Derby but pushed on towards London. Would he have won the throne back for his father James, the Old Pretender? And if he had how would that have affected Britain's role in the world afterwards.Stuart S. Lainghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957967561408581468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264965526853735683.post-66716431554509676852013-10-02T07:57:58.522+01:002013-10-02T07:57:58.522+01:00I'd have Richard III survive Bosworth Field, a...I'd have Richard III survive Bosworth Field, and a child of his marriage to Anne Neville follow him onto the English Throne. - Imagine no Henry VIII, Elizabeth I...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com