Today is my daughter's 18th birthday. I remember what an influence the book 'The Little Prince' was for me around that age. Plus, my daughter loves the history of Europe in the second world war, and the book is essentially a study of the heart of an exiled poet. Says Wikipedia,
Saint-Exupéry, a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and a reserve military pilot at the start of the Second World War, wrote and illustrated the manuscript while exiled in the United States after the Fall of France. He had travelled there on a personal mission to persuade its government to quickly enter the war against Nazi Germany. In the midst of personal upheavals and failing health he produced almost half of the writings he would be remembered for, including a tender tale of loneliness, friendship, love and loss, in the form of a young prince fallen to Earth.
I will make sure she reads it. But for today's post, what could be a more fitting piece of fan art than The Doctor as The Little Prince?
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