Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Ernest Hornung

Born: June 7, 1866
Died: March 22, 1921 (aged 54)
Bio: Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London.
Known for:
- The Amateur Cracksman (1899)
- A Thief in the Night (1905)
- The Black Mask (1901)
- Mr. Justice Raffles (1909)
- The Shadow of the Rope (1902)







