Thanks for the link to the piece about GWTW -- it's everything I've always thought about Scarlett O'Hara but didn't know how to say.

Also, I saw you mention that Lindsay Davis book aboutthe English Civil War, which I've just finished. ::waves hands around wildly:: What on earth was that ending? The whole thing just dragged on so slowly for so long, and then exploded. I kind of want to talk about it, but don't know where to start.