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Lifetime: 1737 - 1794 Passed: ≈ 230 years ago

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Rudolf Erich Raspe

Books by Rudolf Erich Raspe

Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Cover image

Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Satire Fantasy Adventure Fiction Humour
Military Travels Satire Imagination Russia Fantasy Adventures Animals Humour Folklore Hunting Baron Tall Tales Exaggeration Munchausen

The stories about Münchhausen were first collected and published by an anonymous author in 1781. An English version was published in London in 1785, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, as Baron Munchhausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Ru...