PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Paul Strathern studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist; author of two series of books - Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists who Changed the World; and several works of non-fiction, including The Borgias, The Florentines and The Other Renaissance.
Strathern's canvas is immense, yet the picture he paints is never less than pellucid, and packed with lively detail and fascinating facts -- John Banville * Wall Street Journal on The Other Renaissance * Strathern has a good eye for striking details and arresting anecdotes * Literary Review on The Other Renaissance * Strathern combines diligent research with an exemplary narrative verve and keeps the pages turning * Financial Times on Death in Florence * Strathern has done his research thoroughly, and tells a good story well * Sunday Telegraph on The Medici * This is popular history at its narrative best - rich in colour, character and consequence * The Times on The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior * He [Strathern] is adroit in bringing together his personalities and wider currents and illuminates them with vivid detail. * New Statesman *
