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Journalists are fair game
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 03/08/2015
» With Yank James Patterson, alone and with co-authors, penning a crime thriller a fortnight, this reviewer is falling behind writing critiques. But, on the whole, they are compelling page-turners and worthy of your attention. To their further credit, they aren't copies of one another.
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We salute you
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 19/05/2014
» It is a cliché, but nevertheless true, that empires come and go. Some try to recapture their past glory, always without success. During his 22 years in power, Il Duce made it his priority to return Italy to Rome’s greatness of two millennia earlier, but didn’t come close.
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A religious relic
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 03/06/2013
» If the founding fathers of old are to be believed, it was God who told them to bring into being their respective religions. In return, they were to obey his commands without demur. To demonstrate how serious and powerful He is, He left incontrovertible, magical evidence of His existence.
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The Black Prince
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/01/2013
» Titling a novel with the year in which it is set presumes that the reader is aware of the historical event _ 476, the fall of the Roman Empire; 1215, Magna Carta; 1588, the defeat of the Spanish Armada; 1775, the American Revolution; 1789, the French Revolution; 1814, Waterloo; 1939, Hitler's invasion of Poland; 1941, Pearl Harbour. But 1356... with how many people does it ring a bell ?
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India in the making
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 03/12/2012
» During my backpacking years back yonder, I found myself in Fatehpur Sikri on the subcontinent. A palatial city, the odd thing about it was that it was deserted save for vendors at the entrances. Answering my question in English, one vendor said that it had been built by the Moghul Emperor Akbar, who then abandoned it because it had no water supply.
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