Dear Antoine, It’s beyond me, too, I’m afraid.
I haven’t heard the solitaire link before, either - but like you I had heard bezique a lot. Robert > On 26 Jan 2016, at 19:49, 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Robert, > > Many thanks for this - I followed the link and I must confess I did not > understand anything about that game, and why WSC's version was different. > > In his biographies, "bezique" is everywhere and "solitaire" almost nowhere. > Both sound French, but they are not played in contemporary France, and I have > no clue about their nature : is there a connection between the two ? > > No doubt some List Members must be latter-day adepts of these card games and > can make all this understandable to all of us. > > With all best wishes, > > Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Head of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > [email protected] > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > ========================================== > > > -----Message d'origine----- From: Robert Courts > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] App - Winston Churchill's own 'fiendishly hard' > version of solitaire > > Here’s an interesting item from the morning papers, and with an app to play, > too - > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/12119786/Donald-Rumsfeld-launches-solitaire-app-inspired-by-Winston-Churchill.html?WT.mc_id=e_DM83570&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Pol_New_NEW_TEMPLATE&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Pol_New_NEW_TEMPLATE_2016_01_26&utm_campaign=DM83570 > > Robert > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > --- > L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le > logiciel antivirus Avast. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
