20 August The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
So, march away; and let due praise be given Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.
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Published on this day
- 2013 The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth
- 2020 Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
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- David Walliams: Peculiar Realm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet: Engraving after a painting by Michael Van der Gucht, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized