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.
Humphrey Carpenter

Born: April 29, 1946
Died: January 4, 2005 (aged 58)
Bio: Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster.
Known for:
- J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography (1977)
- The Inklings (1978)
- W.H. Auden, a biography (1981)






