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I notice that today is an anniversary of the birthday of Bernardo O'Higgins, the gloriously named Chilean revolutionary leader. (He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish officer of Irish origin.)

I've always been interested in history (though I didn't care much for history lessons), but the last few years my reading has been dominated by history books, and this shows no sign of changing any time soon. I'm currently backlogged by whole cultures worth of reading compared to what I've bought, never mind individual books; and by the time I catch up with that I'll have picked up any number of side-interests along the way.