tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5777973768468743487..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: What the French are obsessing about, Chirac, ETA, diamonds in the drainOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89326323671337405652011-03-16T12:25:54.562-04:002011-03-16T12:25:54.562-04:00Thank you Beth!
Annamaria yes a complex, complica...Thank you Beth! <br />Annamaria yes a complex, complicated issue and all the Basques I met and know hate violence and how this has torn the real issues from being met...CaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66277613414549293982011-03-16T03:45:42.810-04:002011-03-16T03:45:42.810-04:00In my research for City of Silver, I learned of th...In my research for City of Silver, I learned of the bitter rivalry between the Basques and the other Spaniards in Potosi in The Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru in the 17th century. The factions fought a war there in 1624. This long historic enmity is not going to go away easily. As for Spain's position on the current ceasefire, intransigence is never a path to peace.Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29112324592547387802011-03-15T17:49:46.739-04:002011-03-15T17:49:46.739-04:00In the US we hear very little about the Basques; I...In the US we hear very little about the Basques; I wager that there are few under 50 who heard about it in school. Geography back in the old days was a good thing.<br /><br />As to the Basques, I finished MURDER IN PASSY and it is another of those action packed, culturally current adventures of Aimee Leduc and her friends (or are they her enablers?).<br /><br />The review will be on my blog tomorrow, 3/16, and I am ready for the next episode of the rooftops or Paris.<br /><br />Beth<br />www.murderbytype.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com