James

“Now everybodys heard of Bletchley Park and the work they did breaking secret codes”
― Peter Hore, Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II

“what I’m pointing out to you, M. Poirot, is that you can’t just dismiss the criminal with a doctrine of original sin, or wilful disregard of the laws of the land. You’ve got to have an understanding of the root of the trouble if you’re ever to effect a cure of the young delinquent.”
― Agatha Christie, Hickory Dickory Dock

“Women in the fourteenth century had an approximately one in fifty chance of dying in childbirth or soon afterwards”
― Kathryn Warner, Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326

“In 1942, Liddell confided a worry to his diary: ‘There is no doubt that the Russians are far better in the matter of espionage than any other country in the world.’ He continued, ‘I am perfectly certain that they are well bedded down here and that we should be making more active investigations. They will be a great source of trouble to us when the war is over.”
― Robert Hutton, Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter