A cool question

rysmiel asked me a cool question (well, several, but this is the one I want to talk about):

Of any figures who lived and died before the twentieth century, who would you most like to have on your friends list ? Of any fictional characters ?

( my answer )

This is sort of connected to the 'Interview' meme, but I've mutated (exapted?) it to something only vaguely related. Basically, I would welcome any questions about anything that people would like me to talk about. I might not get round to answering them immediately, but I'll certainly bear them in mind for future posts. And if you'd like, I can provide questions in return. The framework is interview-style questions, but I'm not really fussed about keeping strictly to that. Also, I think I'd rather have single questions than sets of five, at least to start with.

Oh, and on the subject of books, I've put up a review of Dorothy Dunnett's King Hereafter.