In August 1996, the wreck of HMHS " Britannic " was bought by maritime historian Simon Mills, who has written two books about the ship : " Britannic-The Last Titan ", and " Hostage To Fortune ".
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"They'd be hostages to fortune if they didn't do it . . . and they will probably have to do it again with troops on the ground as a field training exercise once they get on the ground in the Gulf ."
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Although " Hostages to Fortune " ( 1974 ) and " No Resting Place " ( 1989 ) were departures from the earlier novels both stylistically and geographically, they were accounted as failures _ because, as reviewers hinted, Humphrey had abandoned his strength.
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Useful though they are if you can't be bothered to type " Wikipedia : " or " Special : " each time, they're just a hostage to fortune . [ And don't forget you can do IMSoP 20 : 03, 20 Feb 2004 ( UTC)
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More or less in conjunction with the recent publication of Smith's " Hostage to Fortune, " a first-ever publication of JPK letters and diary excerpts, a portion of Kennedy's correspondence can now be perused at the Library by scholars who are vetted by a committee of family members and loyalists.
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:A little late to the party, but I have always understood and used the phrase in this sense : " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief . " Francis Bacon . 1561-1626 talk ) 16 : 12, 12 April 2014 ( UTC)
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Moorehead has also written a number of non-fiction pieces centered on human rights including a history of the International Committee of the Red Cross, " Dunant's Dream ", based on previously unseen archives in Geneva, " Troublesome People ", a book on pacifists, and a work on terrorism, " Hostages to Fortune ".
