Thrice-Told Tales

10 / CHRONICLESnTHRICE-TOLD TALESnPolitics and tale-telling are virtually inseparable activities.nGreat political events---wars, rebellions, socialncrusades---do not exert their full measure of influence untilnthey are whitded into legends. More than one Britishnstatesman has derived his understanding of the Wars of thenRoses from Shakespeare's Histories, and in the . . .