Leonidas the Great

This is a tribute to a man who was the author's neighbour for many years. The author has named him Leonidas the Great for this book. That was not his real name, but it suits him well and expresses what an unusual and very special person he was. Leonidas was not particularly attractive; he looked like a typical Greek, even though he was not one. He was neither loud nor domineering, but he had a nat...