Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Maurice Druon
Born: April 23, 1918
Died: April 14, 2009 (aged 90)
Bio: Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" between 1985 and 1999.
Known for:
- The Iron King (1955)
- The Strangled Queen (1955)
- The She-Wolf of France (1959)
- The Poisoned Crown (1956)
- The Royal Succession (1957)