tidbits cross time

After Henry VIII died, Catherine Parr remarried -- rather quickly actually. The Regent's wife tried to claim precedence over her on account of it, a matter only settled by Henry's will

Spartan ephors could fine the king; they fined one because his wife was too short.
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Ordeal In Otherwhere

Ordeal In Otherwhere by Andre Norton

The sequel to Storm Over Warlock -- a fact I never knew until many years after I read this one.  (I was rather young when that happened.)

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