The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse
“Anyone who knows anything about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will tell you that it was War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death until 1936 when Pestilence retired and was replaced by Pollution. And it is true, that is what was written down. It is often said that history is written by the victors. This is a rather silly quote as anyone with a pen can write down history; winners, losers, middle management, and dyslexics which is exactly what happened with the Four Horseman story. The truth is that Pestilence stayed with the four until 1963 and retirement is something of a kinder term than what actually happened...”
The story came as a request from my friend so I will show the actual conversation below:
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite books and immediately came to mind. I read it around ten years ago and was reading out passages to anyone who would listen to me and laughing out loud throughout. I was also lucky enough to attend a talk in the Festival Hall with Neil Gaiman, David Tennant and Michael Sheen about the Good Omens TV show which was fabulous.
I hope this will be read in the spirit in which it was written.
