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This week's featured author pagesNiccolò Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) -- Italian statesman and political philosopher, famous for his amoral guide to becoming a successful prince
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) -- famous for novels with strong, sociological theories, British-born.
Gaston Leroux (1868 - 1927) -- French mystery novelist and playwright, remembered for his Phantom of the Opera
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600 - 1681) -- poet and dramatist of the golden age of Spanish literature
John Robert Fowles (1926 - 0) -- novelist whose works combine psychological with social and philosophical aspect of human behaviour