Comments on: Darwin lived the gentleman’s life at Cambridge http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2305 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2305/comment-page-1#comment-33269 livius drusus Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:32:06 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2305#comment-33269 :lol: That's a fantastic story. I dearly hope it's true. :lol: That’s a fantastic story. I dearly hope it’s true.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2305/comment-page-1#comment-33268 livius drusus Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:27:02 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2305#comment-33268 That's fascinating. I had no idea Darwin suckled at the family teat for so long. I think you're right that family connections and respectability had to have played a role in how Darwin was received. That’s fascinating. I had no idea Darwin suckled at the family teat for so long. I think you’re right that family connections and respectability had to have played a role in how Darwin was received.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2305/comment-page-1#comment-33267 livius drusus Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:25:18 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2305#comment-33267 Okay, okay, stop hounding me! I'll drape your linens, sheesh. Okay, okay, stop hounding me! I’ll drape your linens, sheesh.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2305/comment-page-1#comment-33266 livius drusus Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:46 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2305#comment-33266 Very interesting site. I'd be glad to do a link exchange, if you're still up for it. :) Very interesting site. I’d be glad to do a link exchange, if you’re still up for it. :)

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2305/comment-page-1#comment-33265 livius drusus Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:40 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2305#comment-33265 Thank you kindly. I really need to get a contact form installed. Anecdotal snippets, eh? I can't think of any websites with that approach, but I do have a couple of books you might enjoy. On the deliciously risque side, there's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Napoleons-Privates-Years-History-Unzipped/dp/0061257281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246461663&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped</a>. For a more general approach, you could try <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Cherished-Myths-World-History/dp/0060922559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246461752&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History</a>. Thank you kindly. I really need to get a contact form installed.

Anecdotal snippets, eh? I can’t think of any websites with that approach, but I do have a couple of books you might enjoy.

On the deliciously risque side, there’s Napoleon’s Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped. For a more general approach, you could try Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History.

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