Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Charles Lever
Born: August 31, 1806
Died: June 1, 1872 (aged 65)
Bio: Charles James Lever was an Irish novelist and raconteur, whose novels, according to Anthony Trollope, were just like his conversation.
Known for:
- The knight of Gwynne (1809)
- The confessions of Harry Lorrequer (1839)
- Charles O'Malley (1840)
- Roland Cashel (1848)
- The fortunes of Glencore (1857)