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Half-a-crown will lay me down, Forever Amber
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"My tail's for sale. Half-a-crown will lay me down!"
The line is from Kathleen Winsor's infamous 1944 historical novel "Forever Amber", which was set in England during the Restoration period of King Charles II, approximately 1660-1670.
The novel was a best seller, and was denounced as obscene in many places. The book had episodes set during a black plague epidemic and the London fire. I had read the book many years ago and again a few months ago.
The main character, young and beautiful Amber St. Clare, decides to improve her lot in society by attaching herself to successively wealthier men. She finally becomes a mistress of Charles II.
On her way up, Amber has a brief career as a stage actress, and during one performance, she wonders why people are laughing at her when she turns around.
She discovers that a rival has pinned a sign to the back of her dress which reads:
"My tail's for sale. Half-a-crown will lay me down!".
Probably a strange reason for wanting a coin but I just had to have one:
Great Britain Charles II Half Crown 1663 - 33mm, 14.32gm
The line is from Kathleen Winsor's infamous 1944 historical novel "Forever Amber", which was set in England during the Restoration period of King Charles II, approximately 1660-1670.
The novel was a best seller, and was denounced as obscene in many places. The book had episodes set during a black plague epidemic and the London fire. I had read the book many years ago and again a few months ago.
The main character, young and beautiful Amber St. Clare, decides to improve her lot in society by attaching herself to successively wealthier men. She finally becomes a mistress of Charles II.
On her way up, Amber has a brief career as a stage actress, and during one performance, she wonders why people are laughing at her when she turns around.
She discovers that a rival has pinned a sign to the back of her dress which reads:
"My tail's for sale. Half-a-crown will lay me down!".
Probably a strange reason for wanting a coin but I just had to have one:
Great Britain Charles II Half Crown 1663 - 33mm, 14.32gm
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I also enjoyed your narrative....
I like your Charlie 2 halfcrown; particularly its light "CircCam" contrast on the obverse.
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(To stray off topic): sadly, Oreo fell afoul of the neighbor's husky dog, and is the fourth outdoor kitty we've lost to it over the years. We're seemingly powerless to do anything and I can't really blame the neighbors, since their dog is fenced in and our cats can't seem to resist jumping the fence into their yard. Unfortunately they don't always jump back quickly enough.
We still have six cats, three indoor and three outdoor, and two of the outdoor ones are Oreo's litter mates, including Rosie, who's her black-and-white twin. Rosie's not as pretty as Oreo was, though, even though she's the sweetest of the sisters. Oreo had that perfect little black chin mark and had better lines than her twin sister. She was our daughter's favorite.
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