Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Amelia Opie

Born: November 12, 1769
Died: December 2, 1853 (aged 84)
Bio: Amelia Opie, née Alderson, was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through 1828. Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England.
Known for:
- Adeline Mowbray
- The father and daughter (1801)
- The Warrior's Return And Other Poems (1808)
- Detraction displayed (1828)
- Simple tales (1806)