I've had a thing about him for years. When John and I first met we went on an expedition together to find his mausoleum; and we wrote this amazing log of the journey while we did it, and we photographed each other at the mausoleum. I wish I still had any of this stuff. The expedition journal was a particularly brilliant piece of work; anthropological observations of the natives of Kingston, Surbiton and Mortlake, together with little wry asides about the other member of the expedition - I think his name was Frobisher. He was forever inadvertently offending local taboos and wandering off to ogle native women. So much fun.
I am fascinated by people who push social boundries. Obviously, these kinds of people are necissary for cultural progress, but damnit, that takes some kinda balls.
Thank you for bringing him up, though! It's all very interesting to read about :)
That was why. I clicked on him in the interests list to check out the few other people on LJ who've ever heard of him. And really, it had to be King of the Cats, didn't it? I don't even recall now what the other titles were.
Have some more coffee, then, if you're on my journal page, look at the top link in my links list. You'll - well, I don't know that you'll like him, but you'll see why I do.
I get the impression from that comment that you think me prudish :p
Quite a remarkable and interesting man. I probably wouldn't have liked him in person, but I think he'd have commanded respect. His widow seems to have been particularly foolish - burning books is never a good idea.
Not for prudish resons; because you tend to be irritated by flamboyant personalities who ride roughshod over people. That was what I meant.
Poor Isabel, yes; I think she went a bit nuts after his death. I think she was terrified of history remembering him in a bad light. But it's a great shame. That's not an act you can ever undo.
I don't have any Forest icons, but I do have one of my very own hawk; and that only happened because of finding Falconer's Lure in the school library at a highly impressionable age. It's been a good few years, which is why I don't have any better pictures of her than this, but still.
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It's a neat quote, and he sounds like a really interesting guy.
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Thank you for bringing him up, though! It's all very interesting to read about :)
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(I don't know who you are but I found you on my Scottish titles poll. OMFG! Sir Richard Francis Burton is my hero too!)
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I also need more coffee.
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Quite a remarkable and interesting man. I probably wouldn't have liked him in person, but I think he'd have commanded respect. His widow seems to have been particularly foolish - burning books is never a good idea.
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Poor Isabel, yes; I think she went a bit nuts after his death. I think she was terrified of history remembering him in a bad light. But it's a great shame. That's not an act you can ever undo.
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I made an icon of him too!
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I don't have any Forest icons, but I do have one of my very own hawk; and that only happened because of finding Falconer's Lure in the school library at a highly impressionable age. It's been a good few years, which is why I don't have any better pictures of her than this, but still.
Symmetry and serendipity. I love it. Thank you!