Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Glorious Dead.

My Dad arrived in Normandy less than two weeks after D Day and fought across Europe and into Germany with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He left behind countless friends across battlefields in France, Belgium, The Ardennes and in Germany
My father said many times:
"There is NO Glory In War!" even so, it is still fair, I think, to refer to:

Prayers of Jane Austen.

The little-known prayers written by Jane Austen. Jane Austen (1775-1817) on engraving from  1873.  (Photo: Getty/iStock) It is now 250 years...