Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Dornford Yates
Born: August 7, 1885
Died: March 5, 1960 (aged 74)
Bio: Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist, Cecil William Mercer, whose novels and short stories, some humorous, some thrillers, were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second world wars.
Known for:
- The Brother of Daphne (1914)
- Adele and Co (1931)
- Berry and Co (1920)
- Jonah and Co (1922)
- The House That Berry Built (1945)
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