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Contra Mundum from Alexander Larman

Alexander Larman

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    Author, historian, editor, arts writer, boulevardier. I've written six books to date, about decadent poets, dishonourable kings, the Great Fire of London and much else besides. My interests are sometimes intellectual and just as often plain silly.

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