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Mark , Your book club is a marvelous group that wants to participate in personal growth. Im sure you are glad you have them.

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Did you ever read Patrick Wyman’s “The Verge”? It’s about Europe 1492-15?? (can’t remember the exact date) and each section is about a specific person/development, like accounting, printing press, Columbus. Really fascinating. I used to listen to his podcast Tides of History a lot.

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Mark, I have to admit I'm sad you're leaving Substack. I hope we can still be in touch other ways. And I'm about to go through and purge some of my subscriptions, so I get it. But if you were staying, I'd keep you on the list!

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“Twelve more willing tweaks to what I believe rather than just repeating nonsense. Hooray!”

Hooray!

BTW I just unsubscribed to 50 newsletters. A massive purge! Still subscribed to more than 50 though.

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What a way to end your Substack— with Catherine di Midici. Her family was ruthless and the only reason why their dynasty ended was because the last to the throne was a son who was gay and had no heirs. A blessing for the country. (His sister didn’t have kids either.) The number of Midici castles throughout Italy is astounding. They all seemed to be a stones throw from one another. We looked at one as a potential wedding venue but it was on top of a road and felt confining— probably a home built for a beloved servant. Hehe.

The book sounds fascinating. Thx for the review. I will miss your posts that were always terrific conversation starters. 🙏💜

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