The Forests of the Night the war as it really was, as James Kirkup observed, an "acid portrait of those who played at being members of the [French] Resistance". The novel's theme and title come from the opening lines to William Blake's poem "The Tyger": "Tiger, tiger, burning bright - in the forests of the night." "The Forests of the Night" was translated in 1951 into English by Nora Wydenbruck; it has not been re-printed since. Francis is the son of the Comte de Balansun, whose family resides in the French town of Saint-Clar, near the Pyrenees. Francis, in the beginning of the novel, skips
Marian “Tyger” Trimiar Marian “Tyger” Trimiar Marian “Lady Tyger” Trimiar is an American athlete who was a pioneer in Women's boxing. The 1979 World’s Women’s lightweight boxing champion, Trimiar was a vocal supporter of making the sport more accessible to women. She fought in many exhibition matches before it became legal for women to fight in sanctioned bouts. Trimiar was the first woman to apply for a boxing license in New York State. Trimiar started seriously training at 18, after graduating from Julia Richman High School in Manhattan. She said she has fought a total of 25 official fights, winning all but four