tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post1218055483264505451..comments2024-03-29T14:13:50.694+00:00Comments on Retro-Forteana: Conspiracy HistoryAndrew Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-84824891026503228452014-11-19T22:22:57.139+00:002014-11-19T22:22:57.139+00:00I believe the ebook version of Conspiracy History ...I believe the ebook version of Conspiracy History is available from several other retailers besides Amazon (unlike The Science of Bigfoot), but unfortunately not from Google Play. It is on iTunes though!<br /><br />I'm not sure how many bricks-and-mortar bookshops stock the paperback - probably not many of them, since I'm not a well-known author. Your best best is to find a discounted copy online, which often works out cheaper even after p&p. For example Amazon says "16 new from £3.84". Their own subsidiary the Book Depository has it for £3.85 + £2.80 p&p.Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-89275621563670779892014-11-19T21:47:33.702+00:002014-11-19T21:47:33.702+00:00Oops - you're right. By the way, as I've a...Oops - you're right. By the way, as I've already mentioned with The Science of Bigfoot, it's a pity your books are not on Google's Play store as it's the only place I buy e-books from and my nearest decent book shop is about 20 miles away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-21677282143595152662014-11-19T17:06:28.927+00:002014-11-19T17:06:28.927+00:00Thanks Colin - hope you liked the FT article enoug...Thanks Colin - hope you liked the FT article enough to check out the book too!<br /><br />The term "false flag" has been used a lot by online conspiracy theorists post-9/11. That's where I first heard the phrase, although I think it was used by military historians before then.<br /><br />You may be right about Elizabeth not being in on the Babington Plot. She spent a long time dithering over how to get rid of Mary - I don't think she cared very much whether it was done legally or if Mary just met with a convenient accident.<br /><br />Strictly speaking a false flag incident is where one side attacks *itself* and blames it on the other side. So the two examples you give aren't false flags, although they are equally devious in their own way - by disingenuously claiming the enemy posed a non-existent threat.Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-38728676324094349832014-11-19T14:35:52.307+00:002014-11-19T14:35:52.307+00:00Andrew, I've been reading your article in FT a...Andrew, I've been reading your article in FT and I'd never heard the term 'false flags' before but I suppose a couple of modern examples would be Thatcher sinking the Belgrano because it was "a danger to our shipping" even though it was sailing away from the Falklands and Saddam Hussein's infamous WMD's of which not a trace was ever found. But I'd always thought that the plan to entrap Mary Stuart was done behind Elizabeth's back and she was then presented with the damning evidence rather than her planning to get rid of Mary - perhaps I'm being naive !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com