Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Cecil Woodham-Smith

Born: April 29, 1896
Died: March 16, 1977 (aged 80)
Bio: Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era.
Known for:
- Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910 (1950)
- The Reason Why (1953)
- The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 (1962)






