Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
Geoffrey Moorhouse

Born: November 29, 1931
Died: November 26, 2009 (aged 77)
Bio: Geoffrey Moorhouse, D.Litt was an English journalist and author. He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather's surname. He attended Bury Grammar School. He began writing as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News.
Known for:
- The fearful void (1974)
- Sun dancing (1997)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace (2002)
- Calcutta (1971)
- Hell's Foundations (1992)






