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.
Richard Hough

Born: 1922
Died: 1999 (aged 77)
Bio: Richard Alexander Hough was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.
Known for:
- Captain Bligh & Mr Christian (1972)
- The Great War at Sea, 1914-1918 (1983)
- Captain James Cook (1994)
- The Potemkin Mutiny (1960)