The Retreat from Moscow

[humphrey_clarke]

About a fortnight ago I wandered into WH.Smiths in search of a suitable book to read on the tube. I headed straight for the history section and cast my eyes over the limited selection available. Two books grabbed my attention. The first was ‘1812, the story of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow’. The other was some tome about the First Crusade whose

Comments

[pheowulf]

I believe you have the greatest LJ in existence and I appreciate your passion for history. I plan on visiting Nottingham some day.

[humphrey_clarke]

'I believe you have the greatest LJ in existence'

Cheers, thats quite an accolade!.

I wouldn't advise visiting Nottingham though, that is unless you fancy being shot, robbed or unemployed.

[pheowulf]

All right, thank you for the advice. But surely not all of East Anglia is that bad?

[humphrey_clarke]

Nottingham is in the east midlands. I'm from East Anglia originally (Sudbury) but I ended up in Nottingham because of law school. East Anglia isn't bad at all, although I think Ipswich is a bit of shithole from what I remember.

[pheowulf]

Oh, yes! For some reason, I was thinking of Norwich.