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  • Index Biography #41: Prize a book April 30, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient , trackback

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    ***Stephen C got this*** Scroll down for the answer***

    The Index Biography is a quiz pioneered by this blog and introduced in a previous post. The creator must find a biography of a famous individual from history, they must turn to the index and write down eight peripheral facts about the individual’s life. We offered up previously here Sheridan le Fanu and Joseph Stalin (he of ripe banana fame) and these might stand as examples. The reader on the other hand must identify who is being described. The prize  is a copy of a bizarre second hand book sent via Amazon: the last three prizes went to the US, to Australia and to Scotland (note sometimes I am a bit slow to get them ordered…) So who is this?

    Divorced and married a younger woman

    Grandson killed daughter

    Killed on the way to the seaside

    Life long poor health

    Lengthy argument over his planned death

    Not a Christian

    Played an important part in the Renaissance

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