Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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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