Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Mary Augusta Ward
Born: June 11, 1851
Died: March 24, 1920 (aged 68)
Bio: Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.
Known for:
- Robert Elsmere (1888)
- Helbeck of Bannisdale (1898)
- Sir George Tressady (1896)
- Lady Rose's Daughter (1903)
- The History of David Grieve (1892)