Edwin Williamson

Edwin Williamson’s major new biography is the first in any language to encompass the entire span of Jorge Luis Borges’s life and work. Drawing upon previously unknown or unavailable sources, it brings out the human side of Borges: his roots in Argentina, the evolution of his political ideas, his relations with family and friends, the conflicts, desires, and obsessions that drove the man and shaped his work. Williamson’s definitive biography finally unlocks the mysteries that still surround the life of Borges, resulting in a compelling and poignant portrait that will radically transform established views of this modern master.

Details the history of Latin America, discussing political, social, economic, and cultural issues

from romance to the novel

There has never been another case in Britain quite like that of Frank Crouch and Ernest Pike, and yet the truth behind their story remained untold. As the cover up which occurred in 1913 has been successful for a century, the two men have inevitably been remembered – if at all – only for the manner of their deaths.The contributory factors and personalities just happened to converge in a little community in Salisbury Plain, but events could have occurred anywhere in Britain, so to understand what made men act as they did, it is necessary to look beyond the local horizon. This extends the narrative, which won’t interest everybody, but each individual reader can, without disadvantage, easily skip those chapters they consider superfluous.There is no imagined dialogue. All quotations are as reported at the time.