'When the legion was reduced to a handful, when their banner was no more than shreds, when their muskets, out of ammunition, were nothing but clubs, when the pile of corpses was larger than the band of the living, a sort of sacred terror spread among the conquerors for these sublime martyrs, and the English artillery, stopping to catch their breath, fell silent.'

An enjoyable book to read aloud to my older kids. They all enjoyed it, from 3.5 years old to 10 years old.

'The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves-say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.'

Kombucha and a book.