I hope that when London is clean passed away and the defeated fields come back again, like an exiled people returning after a war, they may find some… - Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

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I hope that when London is clean passed away and the defeated fields come back again, like an exiled people returning after a war, they may find some beautiful thing to remind them of it all; because we have loved a little that swart old city.

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About Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (July 24, 1878 – October 25, 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, best known for his works of fantasy.

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Birth Name: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett
Alternative Names: Lord Dunsany Edward J Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany
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Indeed when we trace it all back to its origin we find at the beginning of this unhappy story a man who was only an emperor and wished to be something more. He would have ruled the world but has only meddled with it; and his folly has brought misery to millions, and there lies his broken dream on the broken earth.

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