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Bright Review, the website for the writer Christopher Othen, went live in September 2009. It contains information about Christopher's book on the Spanish Civil War, 'Franco's International Brigades', biographical details, and articles on heists, history, wars etc. Articles were uploaded on the following dates:

04.12.11 NEW

A Kidnapping in Poland (the still unsolved abduction of Bohdan Piasecki, the son of Communist Poland's richest man)

23.06.11 NEW

The Man Who Invented Russian Roulette (the life and times of Georges Surdez, the best pulp writer you've never heard about)

03.03.11 NEW

Mercenaries, Guns, and Witch Doctors (the wars that ripped apart the Congo in the 1960s, and an appeal for help in researching the period)

11.11.10

Whiter Than White (the story of Andre Stander, apartheid-era South African policeman turned bank robber)

09.11.09

Sewer Rats (the 1976 robbery of the Societe General branch in Nice, France's biggest ever bank job)

03.10.09

Urga, February 1921 (the bloody attempt by Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg to build a Buddhist empire, starting with Mongolia)

26.09.09

What We Do Is Secret (a history of Darby Crash and The Germs, LA's strangest punk band)

14.09.09

Armed Tourists (a guide to 'Franco's International Brigades')

Black Sheep (a bibliographic guide to bad seeds in the British aristocracy and creative classes)

Articles are occasionally altered for style or content after their initial upload. If you have further information or comments on any article e-mail brightreview@aol.com. The literary agent Andrew Lownie, english language publishers Hurst & Co, and spanish language publishers Destino of Barcelona may pass on letters and parcels but I wouldn't bank on it.