Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Lucas Malet

Born: June 4, 1852
Died: October 27, 1931 (aged 79)
Bio: Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley, a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, The Wages of Sin and The History of Sir Richard Calmady were especially popular.
Known for:
- The history of Sir Richard Calmady (1901)
- The Far Horizon (1906)
- The Gateless Barrier (1900)
- Deadham Hard (1919)
- The Wages of Sin (1890)






