Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.
“[Y]ou can search out your favourite character. Mine, without question, is Joseph Montferrand.” (Ramsay Cook)
“This a wonderful biography … It exemplifies what makes the DCB/DBC the extraordinary historical dictionary that it is.” (Ramsay Cook)
When this biography was assigned to his wife, Ramsay said, “Eleanor’s the real scholar in the Cook family, you’ll see.”