FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

  #CAIRO 1870: ENJOYING A #CHIBOUK IN THE ROYAL HAREM   Luise Muehlbach’s account of her visit to the Sultan’s harem, continued: She i...

  #CAIRO 1870: THE ROYAL #HAREM   In 1870 Luise Mühlbach (1814-1873), best known as the author of historical novels, received an invitat...

  # AUSTRIAN WRITER WERNER #KOFLER IN ENGLISH   Werner Kofler (1947-2011), who wrote collages in the style of Thomas Berhard, was a witty, s...

# HOLOCAUST VICTIM ANNA ANDORN – DIARY ENTRIES Part V: 1942-44   1942 – July 21 – We have been travelling now for 24 hours and we don’...

  # HOLOCAUST VICTIM ANNA ANDORN – DIARY ENTRIES   Part IV: 1926-42 1930 – They have given me three weeks’ holidays.   People who can ...