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In reply to the discussion: Girl, 7, finds 4ft SWORD in same lake where King Arthur was said to have hurled Excalibur [View all]Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)29. Matilda was an arsehole.
She had an absolute talent for alienating people who might well have supported her.
Stephen finally offered her a deal. Let him have the throne for his lifetime, and he would name Matilda's son as his successor. Matilda wanted to turn it down, but her chief supporters told her that if she didn't agree, they would take their troops and their money and go home. She did live long enough to see her son crowned as Henry II.
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Girl, 7, finds 4ft SWORD in same lake where King Arthur was said to have hurled Excalibur [View all]
Denzil_DC
Sep 2017
OP
I loved the use of Siegfried's funeral music from Gotterdammerung here n/t
Fortinbras Armstrong
Sep 2017
#30