From my vantage point, there s something enchanting about the snow-capped palisades of Dinefwr. Although I imagine its majesty is somewhat lost on the seven hundred exhausted Welshmen I ve just ordered to breach the stronghold s walls, with nothing but battered wooden shields between them and a typical British forecast of flaming arrows. I d like to pretend their sacrifices come at the bitter end of a long, failed diplomatic campaign. Truthfully though, like so much of the conflict in history, they had something shiny, and I decided I wanted it. (more…)
