Hilaire Belloc
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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics
Belloc, c. 1917
Belloc in 1890, aged twenty
1910 portrait
Original cover for Cautionary Tales for Children, illustrated by Basil T. Blackwood
Marie Belloc Lowndes
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Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes was an English novelist, and sister of author Hilaire Belloc. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a reputation for combining exciting incidents with psych
Hilaire Belloc
…Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was born on 27 July 1870 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France to a French father, Louis Belloc, and an English mother. His sister Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes also became a writer. Belloc's mother Bessie Rayner Parkes was a writer, activist and an advocate for women's equality, a co-founder of the English…
Photo of Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
Cover of The Chink in the Armour