"It's a truth of human nature that any void in our understanding tends to force open a Pandora's box of wild, seductive and intriguing theories." -- David O'Keefe, One Day in August #Books #Reading #Booksky

"The conflict that Alexander Hamilton was taking up in the confederation Congress, and which he would pursue with increasing intensity to its climax in the 1790s, was really a conflict between creditors and debtors." -- William Hogeland, The Whiskey Rebellion #Books #Booksky #Reading

"With the taking of this oath of secrecy, the Gunpowder Plot proper was set in motion. From that day until Guy Fawkes's arrest in the early hours of 5 November 1605, it would be the quietly ticking accompaniment to the ongoing business of James's Council..." #Booksky #Books

Fall of 1791, when "gangs on the western frontier started attacking collectors of the first federal tax on an American product, hard liquor." #Booksky #Books

Notes by Firefox is a pretty helpful extension! #Books #Reading #Booksky

Rather sinister looking character, don't you think? Found him on the back cover of Alice Hogge's book God's Secret Agents. It's a detail from a painting in the Palazzo Pitti collection. #booksky #books #art

Headed to my local library and picked up two more books, Hogeland's and O'Keefe's. Still working through Miller's and Hogge's. #booksky #books

"On the evening of Friday 15 March 1594 Richard Topcliffe, apparently acting on his own authority, organized a raid of all known or suspected Catholic houses in London.