I was heavily influenced by my English/History teacher (she was thrilled to find someone who read "for fun", and constantly leant me books from her own colections), so my favourite periods of history are Ancient Egyptian, Roman, and English 1066-Oliver Cromwell. But within that 600+ years of English history, the Plantagenet time (mostly becuase of Robin Hood

Oh, and I also love graveyard/cemetaries. The family history you can trace through the ones in small country towns is just fascinating.[/quote]
I like cemetaries too, but my better half hates them to the extent that he waits outside if I go in. Doesn't matter if they're pretty or ancient rather than modern and ugly. He gets the shivers, so I don't go in much.
Jen