The official web site of A.H. Lloyd

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  • Within its corridors you will find insight into the books I have written, the books I am writing and the books I am thinking about writing. It is also a place where I can offer insights into my favorite authors and – in the case of my game Conqueror: Fields of Victory – I can explain my rules and offer new variants. Scroll down or check the sidebar for my latest posts. Nonfiction: Walls of Men: A Military History of China 2500 B.C. to A.D. 2020 Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War Fiction: Three Weeks with…

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  • Today is one of those oddities of the liturgical calendar where a holy day of obligation is observed during the week in some places, and is moved to the following Sunday in others. This is anathema to certain traditional Catholics who blame Vatican II for every bad thing, up to and including sunspots, but the liturgical calendar has always seen minor variations. The fact is that the old liturgical calendar was the calendar when it was devised. The Protestant Reformation and the rise of secularism have combined to force some accommodation on the part of the faithful. I have little…

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