The Shakespearean play that includes this patriotic panegyric come, "This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle/ This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars/ This other Eden, demi-paradise.../ This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England" is "The Tragedy of King Richard the Second."
Today's Question:
Who wrote the Rougon Macquart novels that detail the lives of two families in Second Empire France?
What little French culture I know does not include classic novels.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, November 24, 2011; http://www.shakespeare-online.com/; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panegyric; theplantagenets.com; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/531445/Second-Empire)
Otto & Patricia Ladensack
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