Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)