July 2012
87 posts
“The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself...”
– Lord Chesterfield (via putthison)
The Coolest Obituary I've Ever Read: Robert de La...
Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who has died aged 88, escaped from Occupied France to join the Special Operations Executive (SOE); parachuted back on sabotage missions, he twice faced execution, only to escape on both occasions, once dressed as a Nazi guard.[[MORE]] Other disguises also came in useful. On the run in occupied Bordeaux he dressed as a nun. In later life he helped Maurice Papon to...
