“Titus Livius Patavinus (or simply Livy) was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City) – covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus […]
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Hemingway Writes Football Match Report
“Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 – 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel […]
Dracula: Dull Press Release No.2
Bram Stoker may well turn in his grave if his Gothic masterpiece ‘Dracula’ was promoted with this kind of press release. Local solicitor provides legal support to Romanian immigrant Local solicitor, Jonathan Harker, working for his employer, Peter Hawkins of Exeter, is pleased to announce that he has been hired by a Romanian nobleman who […]
Moby-Dick: Dull Press Release No.1
If Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ was promoted by a PR agency with a penchant for dull press releases, the result might look something like this. American sea captain announces his intention to pursue white whale American seafarer and Quaker, Captain Ahab, 58, announced that he and his crew on the whaling vessel, the Pequod, will, with […]