I am glad they are there, though. It always makes me warm and fuzzy inside when I can tell an author has thought things through. It feels like a courtesy.




This I caught. I am still a little unsure about his death, though. I seem to remember a different story. But there was a lot of strange stuff towards the end there. There is some stuff I need to reread.



I did not know this, but it makes me very happy.



I did not know this, either. I really should read up on the period.



I caught this. Was his father (brother?) called Sancho as well? I seem to remember that name from something other than Don Quixote, and I think it was in connection with Alfonso el Bravo.



Missed this




This I gathered, but I obviously need to read up on them.



See, this I like.





Ah. Who was the king whose mother-in-law or some such allegedly told him (as he had to leave Alhambra) that "now you can cry like a woman over what you failed to defend like a man"? Do you know? Was that perhaps later? Hmm. I really need to read up on it.



I suppose, when you have two moons, you are allowed a little creative license?



I don't know. I did not try to place it. It seemed like a symbol to me, more than an actual allusion to a historical event.



Indeed.




I kept wondering...




I should have caught this.