Harry's Mad

CHAPTER 8: Monopoly, Trafalgar Square, and Lord Nelson

What a chapter! It begins hunky-dory, and ends with Madison being kidnapped! While the Holdsworth family played Monopoly with Mad, Trafalgar Square and Lord Horatio Nelson were mentioned. Read and click below to find out more about these topics.

Ever Cheat At Monopoly? So Did Its Creator: He Stole The Idea From A WomanThe game Charles Darrow sold in the 1930s bore a striking resemblance to a game Lizzie Magie patented in 1904. In The Monopolists, Mary Pilon tells Monopoly's origin story.

Exploring London's Historic Trafalgar SquareTrafalgar Square is an enduring symbol of Britain and the center of tourist London. It’s been a key landmark in the history of the country’s social movements, a place of celebration and life, and one of those spots that just tends to draw people.

Explore Trafalgar Square in this video.

Horatio NelsonHoratio Nelson was a British navy commander. He became a hero during the Napoleonic Wars in which Britain fought France. Nelson was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.…

"'What's so special about Trafalgar Square?" Harry asked.

'Why, the memory of Lord Nelson, Harry boy, your greatest sailor. George was a great admirer of Lord Nelson, had a whole shelf full of biographies of him. And we parrots have always been fond of seafaring men.'" (p. 64)

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