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November 15, 2011

Now in Paperback: Napoleon

November 15, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Arcade Publishing re-issues Frank McLynn's merrily magnificent biography of that pestiferous little Corsican!

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November 15, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
biography, Frank McLynn, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, November 2011
August 31, 2009

Verissimus

August 31, 2009/ Steve Donoghue

Statesmen, philosophers, and serial killers turn to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, but what was the emperor himself like? Frank McLynn’s Marcus Aurelius tells, and in this month’s “A Year with the Romans,” Steve Donoghue assesses.

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August 31, 2009/ Steve Donoghue/
Ancient Rome
ancient rome, Frank McLynn, marcus aurelius, September 2009, Steve Donoghue
June 24, 2009

Review of Heros & Villians: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History

June 24, 2009/ Steve Donoghue

Steve Donoghue explores why eminent historian Frank McLynn's "Heroes & Villains is easily the most frustrating book he’s ever written."

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June 24, 2009/ Steve Donoghue/
a mountain of skulls, and Napoleon Bonaparte, Attila, Book Review, Cortes, Frank McLynn, Heros and Villians: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History, June 2009, Steve Donoghue
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