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Review: The Irrationalist: History, Humor, And An Impossible-To-Put-Down Murder Mystery 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- August 23, 2018
My review: It’s no secret that I love books! Let’s face it… I blog about books to support my book addiction. So I’m rarely surprised to read a blurb, love the idea, read a story and love the book. What is rare??? Finding a book that I love so much that I can find NOTHING
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Review: The Irrationalist Dishes Out Detailed Murder Investigation Of Descartes 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- July 1, 2018
Goodreads Who would want to murder the world’s most famous philosopher? Turns out: nearly everyone. In 1649, Descartes was invited by the Queen of Sweden to become her Court Philosopher. Though he was the world’s leading philosopher, his life had by this point fallen apart. He was 53, penniless, living in exile in Amsterdam, alone.
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Review: The Irrationalist, Historical Fiction Explores Murder Of René Descartes 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- August 16, 2017
Historical fiction is unique in several ways. In particular, while all fiction — at least good fiction — requires imagination and intelligence, historical fiction, according to bestselling author Alexander Chee, deals with “the plausibly hypothetical” and describes “what might have happened within what happened.” The constraints of real events, people and ways of life often
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10 Fashion Passages From The Irrationalist’s 17th Century Europe 0
- BOOKS & FASHION, BOOKS & HISTORY, BOOKS & MYSTERY
- August 9, 2017
The following passages depicting fashion in 17th century Europe are taken from the historical murder mystery The Irrationalist by Andrew Pessin. The book is available at Amazon and Open Books Direct. “Must this hall be so drafty?” complained a man in Scandinavian-accented French, pushing past him wearing the widest reticella collar Baillet had ever seen. http://the-ruff-and-bustle.tumblr.com/post/28776330688/here-is-a-lace-ruff-one-of-our-namesakes-from
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Interview With Andrew Pessin, Author Of The Irrationalist 0
- INTERVIEWS
- July 28, 2017
Andrew Pessin talks with Book Glow about the writing of The Irrationalist. The historical murder mystery is available from Amazon and Open Books Direct. BG: Describe the book in one sentence. AP: The Irrationalist is an historical murder based closely on real events: the difficult life and very mysterious death of the famous philosopher, René
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Your Philosophy Minute: There Is No Path Not Taken 0
- BOOKS & HISTORY, BOOKS & MYSTERY, VIDEOS
- July 19, 2017
Editor’s Note: The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes by Andrew Pessin is now available here. Ours is a life that is entirely out of our control. Lots of things determine what choices we make: hunches, personality, our beliefs and desires, the laws of nature, etc. And it turns out we don’t control any of
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