by Jack Woodville London | Feb 26, 2016 | Articles
On this day in 1968, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, American marines defended the assault on Khe Sanh that had begun with the Tet Offensive. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacked the marine air base with trenches and artillery in position as close as 200 yards... by Jack Woodville London | Jan 20, 2016 | On the Nightstand
The word verdugo is, of course, from the Spanish office of torturer for the Inquisition. That group’s work was much admired in England by the Tudors (Henry VIII, Queen Mary, Elizabeth…), who set about to stretch the limits of the human body with such things as... by Jack Woodville London | Nov 11, 2015 | Articles
The way led down a paved road, then another mile on a rough road past a farmhouse, then off the road altogether along a rutted lane that disappeared into the woods. Two turnings later the path stopped in a forest clearing. Two men, one the head of the local... by Jack Woodville London | Oct 24, 2015 | Articles
October 25 is St. Crispin’s Day, originally celebrated for a cobbler who was martyred by the Romans in AD 286 but in modern times known for the startling English victory over the vastly larger French army at Azincourt on October 24, 1415. For the English, the victory... by Jack Woodville London | Oct 5, 2015 | On the Nightstand
Autumn. It’s a wonderful autumn, with cooler days (from the hundreds down to the nineties), changing leaves (brown, from lack of water), and wildly confused garden flowers that are uncertain whether to bloom or die, so do a bit of both. But...
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