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Paul Strathern

Paul Strathern is an English writer and academic known for his diverse contributions to literature, philosophy, and history. Born in London in 1940, he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, before embarking on a varied career that included serving in the Merchant Navy and living on a Greek island. His early novel, "A Season in Abyssinia," earned him the Somerset Maugham Award in 1972, marking a significant milestone in his literary career. Beyond fiction, Strathern has authored numerous works spanning science, philosophy, medicine, and economics, showcasing his broad intellectual curiosity.

Strathern's writing is characterized by its accessibility and depth, making complex subjects approachable for general readers. His travels, including an overland journey to India and the Himalayas in 1966, have influenced his perspectives and enriched his historical and philosophical explorations. With five novels and a prolific output of nonfiction, Strathern has established himself as a versatile author whose works bridge the gap between scholarly rigor and engaging storytelling.
Great Writers in 90 Minutes Books
# Title Year
1 Beckett in 90 Minutes 2004
2 Nabokov in 90 Minutes 2004
3 Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes 2004
4 Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes 2004
5 Kafka in 90 Minutes 2004
6 Virginia Woolf in 90 Minutes 2005
7 D.H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes 2005
8 James Joyce in 90 Minutes 2005
9 Hemingway in 90 Minutes 2005
10 Tolstoy in 90 Minutes 2006
11 Borges in 90 Minutes 2006
12 Poe in 90 Minutes 2006
Italian Histories Books
# Title Year
1 The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance 2003
2 Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City 2011
3 The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy 2019
4 The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization 2021
Philosophers in 90 Minutes Books
# Title Year
1 Hegel in 90 Minutes 1990
2 Descartes in 90 Minutes 1996
3 Aristotle in 90 Minutes 1996
4 Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes 1996
5 Spinoza in 90 Minutes 1996
6 Confucius in 90 Minutes 1996
7 Kant in 90 Minutes 1996
8 Nietzsche in 90 Minutes 1996
9 Plato in 90 Minutes 1996
10 St. Augustine in 90 Minutes 1997
11 Derrida in 90 Minutes 1997
12 Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes 1997
13 Heidegger in 90 Minutes 1997
14 Socrates in 90 Minutes 1997
15 Sartre in 90 Minutes 1998
16 Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes 1998
17 Hume in 90 Minutes 1999
18 Berkeley in 90 Minutes 2000
19 Foucault in 90 Minutes 2000
20 Leibniz in 90 Minutes 2000
21 Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes 2001
22 Marx in 90 Minutes 2001
23 Rousseau in 90 Minutes 2002
24 Dewey in 90 Minutes 2002
25 J.S. Mill in 90 Minutes 2002
26 Locke in 90 Minutes 2003
The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World Books
# Title Year
1 Turing and the Computer 1997
2 Newton and Gravity 1997
3 Pythagoras And His Theorem 1997
4 Hawking and Black Holes 1997
5 Einstein and Relativity 1997
6 Bohr And Quantum Theory 1997
7 Crick, Watson and DNA 1997
8 Oppenheimer And The Bomb 1998
9 Galileo And The Solar System 1998
10 Darwin and Evolution 1999
11 Curie and Radioactivity 1999
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 A Season In Abyssinia 1972
2 One Man's War 2014
3 Sea Change 2018
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Exploration By Land: The Silk And Spice Routes 1993
2 Bertrand Russell: Philosophy in an Hour 2001
3 Dr. Strangelove's Game: A Brief History of Economic Genius 2001
4 Mendeleyev's Dream 2001
5 A Brief History of Economic Genius 2002
6 The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance 2003
7 A Brief History of Medicine: From Hippocrates' Four Humours to Crick and Watson's Double Helix 2005
8 Napoleon in Egypt 2007
9 The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped 2009
10 The Venetians: A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova 2012
11 The Granddaddy of All Bubbles 2014
12 Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires 2019
13 Empire: A New History of the World 2020
14 Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity 2022
15 The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World 2023