It relates to the church...
Found this:
The Parish of St Mary Magdalene and St David's Churches in Islington.
Francis, do you mean the literary figures relate to the church?
Ha, I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
I think I've got it, too :wink:
Now Walter has thrown Martin Luther (King) into the mix.
Can't find M.D.'s painting, so I guess I will just stick with the place that I mentioned.
You Europeans have always had a way with confusing us Americans. <smile>
This isn't Mr. Turtle's painting, but it is very striking. I love black and white.
Letty wrote: Now Walter has thrown Martin Luther (King) into the mix.
Not at all, Letty - "Mr Turtle" (and Francis) gave some really good hints
So far, Walter, I have said St. Mary Magdalene's church in the Islington parish of the Church of England in London. I have followed every hint to this point, but as yet, no confirmation that I am headed in the right direction. I still am not certain what celeb's M. D. is referring to. I thought, perhaps, Herman Melville, and he did spend time in Liverpool, England. If you and Francis both know the place, can you confirm that I am right at this point?
I can't.
I may be wrong but I could think it's related to a burial place of a famous person which is there instead of at Westminster.
At least that's what I am thinking of.
letty, it's not Melville--he wasn't an aristocrat. Francis gave you the name of the church, but it's not in Islington. think of a well-traveled aristocratic literary figure, with many literary acquaintances, who were perhaps more accomplished but not as notorious.
And Letty, why don't you investigate Walter's clue ... which had nothing to do with Martin Luther King, Jr., by the way.
Oh, Yit. I thought you meant great literary figures, many of whom were not deemed aristocrats, honey. Melville is wonderful to me.
Is it one of the writers of the Romantic period? i.e. Keats or Shelly, etc?
Romantic era is spot on. you'll get it now, to be sure.
Well, it must be Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his Xanadu and opium dreams. Love his Kubla Khan.
Highgate
Highgate, a noted suburb of London, 5 m. N. of the General Post-Office; the burial-place of Coleridge.
Hope this is spot on, Turtle
didn't think S.T. Coleridge was an aristocrat. if he was, then my bad for giving ambiguous clues. here's another, then; it's not Wordsworth either--incidentally, i almost typed Woolworth there
--so by process of elimination, you'll get it this time!
Ok, I just found out that Coleridge was buried at St. Michael's Church. Lord have mercy, I was sure it was he.
Well, M.D. I guess I will have to dig out my old college textbook.
I have already mentioned Keats, so if you mean by aristocrat, that the writer has a title, it must be Lord Byron. Right so far? Then I will search for Byron's burial place. Love him as well.
it's Lord Byron's burial place. also buried there is his daughter, Countess Ada Lovelace, who was arguably the world's first computer programmer, which is my connection with the place.
I have mixed messages, M.D. (amazing about Ada.) One source says that Byron is buried in the poet's corner at Westminster, and the other source has it at St. Mary Magdalene.
I suppose it could be called a park, C.I. Hint: The statue is of a famous writer.
