I know that seems like a copout, but to be fair, i've always considered this book a continuation of the first one, rather than a separate entity. In order to fortify the city against attack from the Parliamentarians (the group who supported Parliament and wished to oust Charles I), they erected several large cannons on the walls surrounding the city.Welcome to.ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN SEPTEMBERLAND, PART 2! In 1648, the English city of Colchester was under the control of a group known as the Royalists, who wished for King Charles I to be able to rule the country without Parliament. So, you might be asking, what was Humpy Dumpty? Well, if you believe several historians, Humpty Dumpty was actually the nickname of a cannon used during the English Civil War of 1642–1649. For that, you can thank the 1872 novel Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll which contained illustrations of Humpty Dumpty as an egg, a portrayal which continued throughout popular culture ever since. Interestingly, you’re probably picturing an egg as the main character, in spite of the fact that the lyrics don’t describe Humpty at all.

It’s not a complicated story: The titular Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall and falls off, spilling his innards while “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men” fail to put him back together again. The nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty”-with its simplistic lyrics and surrealistic imagery-has been a classic among children throughout the world since 1870. Tellingly, the lyrics of the nursery rhyme never describe Humpty Dumpty as an egg either. During a vicious battle in 1648, the cannon fell from a battlement and was unable to be recovered (i.e., put back together again). However, historical evidence actually suggests that Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon used by the Royalists during the English Civil War. You might think that the main character of the classic children’s nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty” is an egg. “Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.” -Jasper Fforde, “The Big Over Easy” In A Nutshell

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