Hard by the cathedral was the King’s School, founded by Henry the Eighth. This is a public school, what Americans would call a private school or a bastion of privilege. Alumni include Kit Marlowe, Hugh Walpole, and a writer I admire, Somerset Maugham. Even though he hated his time at King’s, Maugham left money to the school and some rather bizarre bookends, for buried within the walls of the library are his endowed ashes.
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Carol
I adore the writings of Somerset Maugham. And I didn't know his ashes are interred in King's walls!
What an interesting choice of resting place! Well, whatever suits the person, I suppose...
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