That vast enterprise of the self-titled King. Rich cultures torn apart as easily as the families that held them in their hearts saw hands severed, children starved, men enslaved, kin forced to kill kin, and whole bloodlines shackled in slavery labelled as fair tax from fair treaties. It wasn’t the crown he was after but the gold in the ground, in the trees, and in the blood.
Paddy Dobson
4th August 2023