I’m an avid amateur historian, widely but somewhat eclectically read,
and prone to knowing odd bits about stuff here and there. I’m also vividly aware of the colonialist and
imperialist nature of the British Empire of the late Victorian era, what in America was called the Gilded Age
and gave us the term “robber baron” for a captain of industry. I tend to muddle things together a bit, the way most
people do. Besides, when you have a hammer, everything starts to look a bit nail like, don’t you agree?