tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3544944670615552015..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: In Search of a Tipping PointMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13854286459993614792011-08-06T19:10:30.516+01:002011-08-06T19:10:30.516+01:00I'm having a lovely time catching up with all ...I'm having a lovely time catching up with all the HG posts and comments that went up when I was away!<br /><br />In my Stravaganza sequence, the fork in the branch is that Remus won the fight with his twin and founded Remora as the capital of Talia.<br /><br />That creates a whole parallel universe rather than counterfactual history after one different event. (I think that's different but am still a bit travel-fuddled). Anyway, fascinating.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65029758824664975392011-08-04T12:40:58.886+01:002011-08-04T12:40:58.886+01:00Thanks for your comments Katherine and Shawn. A B...Thanks for your comments Katherine and Shawn. A Britain without 1066 is quite a thought! May be in a parallel universe... And I totally empathise, Shawn, with the meeting of spouse tipping point in one's personal life. It is terrifying for me to think how differently my life could have been if I had walked out of a room a few seconds earlier. Great story.Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-46575159054818345592011-08-03T12:59:57.920+01:002011-08-03T12:59:57.920+01:00There must be tipping points every second. I met m...There must be tipping points every second. I met my Swiss wife as a tourist in South America. We happened to both be waiting for a museum to open at an Incan ruin. It never opened, so we started talking and now we've been married 18 years and have three children. What if the museum had opened on time?Shawn Robertsonhttp://www.talesofold.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16404205405301178832011-08-02T10:16:06.578+01:002011-08-02T10:16:06.578+01:00Splendid post Linda! And the what-ifs of history ...Splendid post Linda! And the what-ifs of history are fascinating. I think my favourite what-if would be: "What if King Harold Godwinson's house-carls had held the line at Hastings?" It was such a close thing - and Harold was clearly a brilliant leader, having in the previous two weeks defeated Haraldof Norway at Stamford Bridge, two hundred miles north... And then we would still be speaking Anglo Saxon. No Shakespeare, but quite possibly better laws, earlier. <br />The possibilities are endless. <br /><br />Anyone else with a favourite tipping point in history?Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com