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Fun Facts Friday: Andrew Marvell
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Fun Facts Friday: Andrew Marvell

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2023

Andrew Marvell was an English poet, but in his lifetime he was better known as a politician he is considered to be one of the best Metaphysical poets

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Fun Facts Friday: John Suckling
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Fun Facts Friday: John Suckling

Man of la BookFebruary 10, 2023

John Suckling (10 February, 1609 – sometime after May, 1641) was a prominent nobleman, minor English poet, and dramatist.

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Fun Facts Friday: Mark McGarrity
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Fun Facts Friday: Mark McGarrity

Man of la BookJuly 22, 2022

Mark McGarrity was an American writer who wrote mysteries under the pen name Bartholomew Gill. Most of Mr. McGarrity’s novels featured detective Peter McGarr.

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Fun Facts Friday: Francis Bacon
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Fun Facts Friday: Francis Bacon

Man of la BookJanuary 22, 2021

Francis Bacon (22 January, 1561 – 9 April, 1626*+), 1st Viscount St Alban, Kt PC QC, also known as Lord Verulam, best known for promotion of the scientific method, was an English philosopher and statesman serving during his lifetime as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England.

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Fun Facts Friday: George Herbert
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Fun Facts Friday: George Herbert

Man of la BookApril 3, 2020

George Herbert (3 April, 1593 – 1 March, 1633) was an English priest, orator, and poet. His poems are associated with the writings of metaphysical poets.

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Fun Facts Friday: William Congreve
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Fun Facts Friday: William Congreve

Man of la BookJanuary 24, 2020

William Congreve (24 January, 1670 – 19 January, 1729) was a playwright and poet from England, who wrote clever, satirical comedies.

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Fun Facts Friday: William Trevor
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Fun Facts Friday: William Trevor

Man of la BookMay 24, 2019

William Trevor (24 May, 1928 – 20 November, 2016) was a playwright and novelist from Ireland. Books by William Trevor* Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, as William Trevor Cox to a middle class family, Mr. Trevor graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with […]

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Fun Facts Friday: Jonathan Swift
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Fun Facts Friday: Jonathan Swift

Man of la BookNovember 30, 2018

Jonathan Swift was an English satirist, essayist, poet, and pamphleteer. Mr. Swift is remembered for his prose and satire in works like Gulliver’s Travels.

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Fun Facts Friday: Laurence Binyon
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Fun Facts Friday: Laurence Binyon

Man of la BookAugust 10, 2018

Laurence Binyon (10 August, 1869 – 10 March, 1943) was a poet, dramatist and art scholar from England, winner of the Newdigate Prize for poetry

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Book Review: The Trinty Six by Charles Cumming
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Book Review: The Trinty Six by Charles Cumming

Man of la BookMarch 15, 2011

I found the plot to be a bit too convenient, information happens to fall into Sam’s lap just at the right time, I did enjoy the Russian/British interaction

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