I just got my author's copies of 5 Cities That Ruled the World today, and you should of course get your twelve copies now. But -- and this is the way it frequently goes even while the printing press is cooling down -- this is the time when errors are brought to one's attention, waving cheerfully at one. So, if you get this book, take care not to believe what you read on the top of page 143. The House of Hanover was not established on the throne of England until some decades after that. William was Dutch, and it was the first George that was German. For pity's sake.

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