Rumer Godden Quote
One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable, she had told Richard. You can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings.
Rumer Godden
One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable, she had told Richard. You can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings.
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About Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was an English author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951.
A few of her works were co-written with her elder sister, novelist Jon Godden, including Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh.
A few of her works were co-written with her elder sister, novelist Jon Godden, including Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh.