skua<p>Hirohito, the previous emperor of Japan, including before and during WWII came up in thread.</p><p>Remembering now how Hirohito was presented as an ethereal, barely natural being in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaurieRKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurieRKing</span></a>'s book Dreaming Spies (2015).</p><p>https:// laurierking.com/books/dreaming-spies/</p><p>I love reading of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaryRussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaryRussell</span></a> and her older husband in the series but the apparent indifference of the author to mass murder, enslavement and torture is troubling.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SherlockHolmes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hirohito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hirohito</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.spectator.com.au/2020/08/god-of-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spectator.com.au/2020/08/god-o</span><span class="invisible">f-war/</span></a></p>