Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Clive Ponting
Born: April 13, 1946
Died: July 28, 2020 (aged 74)
Bio: Clive Sheridan Ponting was a senior civil servant, best known for leaking documents about the sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War. He was the author of a number of revisionist books on British and world history.
Known for:
- A New Green History of the World (1991)
- World History - A New Perspective (2000)
- 1940: Myth and Reality (1990)
- The Crimean War (2004)
- The twentieth century (1998)