" . . . for hundreds of years, it had been Britain and France which contested with each other for the mastery of Europe, so the idea of a European power capable of facing both of them seemed absurd."
I know that comes straight from the book, but it's not entirely accurate. Turtle Fan (talk) 01:27, January 21, 2014 (UTC)
- I reviewed the history of the article. Three guesses as to who made the above edit with its flowery language and unnecessary hyphen. First two guesses don't count. TR (talk) 04:54, January 21, 2014 (UTC)
- Huh, no surprise. When I saw just how often my own handle comes up in the article's history, I worried I was the one who'd made it. Wouldn't be the first time I've complained about something I did years ago. (Yikes--it just occurred to me what a long time we've been at this.) Turtle Fan (talk) 22:37, January 21, 2014 (UTC)