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John Biggins
British writer of historical fiction
For the American banker, see John C. Biggins.
Not to be confused with Jonathan Biggins.
John Biggins (born 31 October 1949) is a British writer of historical fiction.
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He is best known for his Prohaska series of novels set in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the early years of the 20th Century.
Early life
Biggins was born in Bromley, Greater London, England. He attended Chepstow Secondary and Lydney Grammar Schools, and studied history at the University of Wales from 1968 to 1971.
He continued his graduate studies in Poland.
A Sailor of Austria · The Emperor's Coloured Coat · The Two-Headed Eagle: In Which Otto Prohaska Takes a Break as the Habsburg.Career
As a young man Biggins worked as a civil servant for the UK Ministry of Agriculture. He also worked as a journalist and did technical writing before becoming an author of historical fiction.
In 1991 the first of Biggins' Prohaska novels, A Sailor of Austria, was published by Secker & Warburg.
The story is set in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I, and vividly depicts life