In fact the bare adjective “bad” hardly scratches the surface of the man’s awesome incapacity.
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| Birth: | October, 1949 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist |
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John Biggins was born in Bromley, Greater London, England. He is a British novelist (historical fiction). He is best known for his Prohaska series of novels set in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the early years of the 20th Century. He studied history at the University of Wales from 1968 to 1971. As a young man Biggins worked as a civil servant for the UK Ministry of Agriculture. He also worked as a journalist and did technical writing before becoming an author of historical fiction. He has written several novels (Prohaska series) include: A Sailor of Austria, The Emperor's Coloured Coat, The Two-Headed Eagle, and Tomorrow The World. (Van Raveyck series): The Surgeon's Apprentice.
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