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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2048975, member: 5682&quot;]I know this is the Ancient forum, but I usually post here because other forums lack the passion and knowledge found in this one. Anyway, not to get this thread off Ancients too much, I plan to spend much a lot of my time reading the primary sources and studying the numismatics from the late Stuart England/Britain to early Hanoverian Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375970[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This pamphlet <b>&quot;<i>No Queen: or, No General. An Argument, Proving the Necessity Her Majesty was in, as well for the Safety of Her Person as of Her Authority, to Displace the D[uke] of M[arl]borough&quot;</i></b> by Daniel Defoe (1712) warns Britain that John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (and ancestor of Winston Churchill) may be trying to increase his power and influence, or even to usurp power.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375973[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, is depicted above. He was the talented, but controversial general of the resilient, but ever-suffering Queen Anne:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375972[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The nice thing is that, like Ancient coins, much of the numismatic material from this period is relatively inexpensive. Unlike Ancient periods, however, original pamphlets, newspapers, and books from this period are available and reasonably priced...and in English.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, by having studied Ancient history for the last few decades, I can better appreciate the allusion of this pamphlet below from 1682 written as an attack on James II who was eventually usurped by his daughters Mary II and later, Anne:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375983[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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