{"id":4692,"date":"2026-10-31T23:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T23:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurolit.net\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2026-11-01T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:33:24","slug":"dramatis-personae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurolit.net\/?p=4692","title":{"rendered":"Dramatis Personae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each interview within the book\u2019s pages is a carefully constructed thought experiment, a tapestry woven from historical facts, psychological insights and imaginative empathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Performers & Unlikely Interviewees:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Queen Cleopatra VII<\/strong>, the last ruler of independent Egypt<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Banksy<\/strong>, the anonymous street artist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. A Dodo bird<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The two grave robbers who stole William Shakespeare\u2019s skull<\/strong> \u2014 [fictional characters]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Anna Boch<\/strong>, the art collector who bought \u2018The Red Vineyard\u2019, the only painting known to have been sold during Vincent van Gogh\u2019s lifetime<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Count Dracula<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. A crush-test dummy<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Kat\u014d Hinata<\/strong>, one of the very first Japanese female truck drivers, sailors, sum\u014d wrestlers and sushi chefs \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Poodley<\/strong>, the Interviewer\u2019s Black Poodle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Lieutenant Columbo<\/strong>, LAPD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Ginevra Gherardini<\/strong>, Mona Lisa\u2019s sister<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. V\u0101tsy\u0101yana<\/strong>, author of \u2018K\u0101ma-s\u016btra\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13.  Danica<\/strong>, Ragnar Lothbrok\u2019s slave from the Slavic lands \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. The merchant of Venice who brought coffee for the first time in Europe<\/strong> \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Zoraida<\/strong>, one of the \u2018Mouras Encantadas\u2019 from the Portuguese and Galician folklore \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. General Gaius V. Mobilus<\/strong>, who tried to introduce mobile phone communication for the ancient Roman Empire\u2019s Army \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Dionysus<\/strong> \/Bacchus<\/strong>, the twice-born god<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Prof Dr Elly\u00e1 Scrybsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Chairwoman, who predicts a single global language within the next 100 years \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. S\u00e9amus \u2018Salty\u2019 O\u2019Malley<\/strong> (aka The Guinnessian<\/strong>), a drunken Irish sailor \u2014 [fictional character]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Interview with the interviewer<\/strong> (in a Venetian mirror)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    https:\/\/mybook.to\/UnlikelyInterviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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    More than a simple collection of interviews, this book reads like a television docuseries ready for production. It seamlessly pairs the intimacy of a live stream with the high-stakes, speculative storytelling found on premium networks like Discovery or the History Channel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[11,46,13],"tags":[656,485,181,628,418,486,517],"ppma_author":[577],"class_list":["post-4692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-fiction","category-trails","tag-cleopatra","tag-columbo","tag-dodo","tag-fiction","tag-mona-lisa","tag-unlikely-interviews","tag-vatsyayana"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t