Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
R. D. Blackmore
Born: June 7, 1825
Died: January 20, 1900 (aged 74)
Bio: Richard Doddridge Blackmore, known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Known for:
- Lorna Doone (1869)
- The Maid of Sker (1872)
- Clara Vaughan (1864)
- Erema (1877)
- Mary Anerley (1880)