Category: Biographical Nonfiction

by M. Bijman October 21, 2022

Looking at portraits looking back at us – The Man in the Red Coat, by Julian Barnes

This is a truly intriguing biography: a mystery brilliantly unravelled by a literary detective. It’s 288 pages long with noContinue Reading

by M. Bijman March 12, 2021

Biographical Nonfiction Historical Nonfiction

Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (4) – He was not right in the head

Continuing with the theme of biographies and literary biographies of megalomaniac monarchs and leaders of nations, here is the fourthContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 20, 2021

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Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (1) – The Juicy Biographies

In the last years of the 19th century and the first 20 or so years of the 20th century, AsiaContinue Reading

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