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Goddard, Robert
Robert Goddard is a popular, much-translated and lauded British thriller writer with an unusual and highly personal style. His novels are multifaceted, but they mainly concern historical descriptions – or stories about events with roots way back in time – with intricate plots on many layers. They are usually based on psychological tension, but quite often have elements of, for example, a who...
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Schirach, Ferdinand von
Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and author born in Munich to a wealthy Protestant family. He grew up in Munich and Trossingen. When he was ten years old, he was enrolled at the St. Blasien Catholic boarding school where he passed his baccalaureate in 1984. Von Schirach later reported that these formative years had made it hard for him to believe in God.
Von Schirach followed the...