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They could see their king, at nearly sixty, enduring every bit of misery they did. And they knew that when battle came, he would take his place not safely in the rear, but in the front rank, at the hottest and most perilous spot on the field.
Steven Pressfield • Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
This wait (whatever was its exact length) is borne out by the fact that Haldane recorded a Pyramus and Thisbe-like conversation with him through the fence, during which he offered Churchill his compass and some chocolate. What is also obscure is why Haldane and Brockie assumed that Churchill’s having gone over precluded their following; the alarm
... See moreRoy Jenkins • Churchill: A Biography
Summer Reading List #3
"The Greek Islands," 1978 by Lawrence Durrell
In his 1945 book 'Prospero's Cell', Durrell tells us:
"Other countries may offer you discoveries in manners or lore or landscape; Greece offers you something harder-the discovery of yourself."... See more