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.
Elspeth Huxley

Born: July 23, 1907
Died: January 10, 1997 (aged 89)
Bio: Elspeth Joscelin Huxley was an author, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser.
Known for:
- The flame trees of Thika (1959)
- The Mottled Lizard (1962)
- Red Strangers (1939)
- Murder on Safari (1938)
- Peter Scott: Painter and Naturalist (1993)