Life looks completely different once you've left it behind. Swiss journalist and satirist Willi Näf engages in delightful and inspiring verbal duels with ten long-deceased historical figures. The thoroughly researched portraits and sharply written interviews avoid clichés, open up surprising perspectives, and bring about a tear or two of laughter.

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... Princess Alice of Battenberg, who died as a nun, chain smoker, and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace after a crazy life.

... Elizabeth Trump, who aimed to shape her grandchildren into strong adults.

... Sir Winston Churchill, who refuses to be accused of abandoning the German resistance, after all, he won the war.

... as well as Lutz Baumgartner, Mary Anne Graves, James Bedford, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., Katharina Morel, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and Maria of Nazareth.