William Ramsay's Page

This is a disappointing time, a time of frustration, of longing for action -- and no action is possible. No one can accomplish anything worthy without the assistance of others. My whole life as a monarch was a testimony to my skill in using other men. But now! Perhaps the key word is "man." My first effort to gain allies has foundered on the pitiful uxorious weakness of Lord March, on his susceptibilty to the rule of women. Imagine! My whole downfall here on the Other Side has been due to the cu… Continue

[King John, formely ruler of England (1199-1216), speaking from his vantage point on the Other Side, shares with us his candid opinions in this column] They called me "Evil King John," "Bad King John"; I was betrayed by all my greedy, ambitious barons, calumnied by half-witted priest and monks loyal only to that schemer Pope Innocent. They tried to tie my hands with that absurd screed the Magna Carta, but in the end I would have defeated all of them -- if some sneaking traitor hadn't poisoned m… Continue