30 October The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
A crime, which, though perhaps not considered by law as the highest, is in truth and in fact, the blackest sin, which can contaminate the hands, or pollute the soul of man.
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Published on this day
- 1967 Endless Night by Agatha Christie
- 2008 Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
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- Adelaide Anne Procter: Emma Gaggiotti Richards, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Horace Annesley Vachell: Bain, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- Julian Grenfell: Credit line says "Photo by Maull & Fox", most likely the photographic studio established by Henry Maull (1829-1914), wit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- Beatrice Hastings: Amedeo Modigliani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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