As instrumental solo albums by heavy-metal pipe organists go, this new one from Anna von Hausswolff is easy to like. But it takes a little effort to love. The album is called “All Thoughts Fly ...

Munchausen syndrome is named after a German military man, Baron von Munchausen, who travelled around telling fantastic tales about his imaginary exploits. In 1951, a certain Richard Asher applied ...

This was very much the case for Raspe’s novel, as his Munchausen was based on a still-living person with virtually the same name. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr (or Baron) von Münchhausen ...

Aber er hatte ein aufregendes Leben, wie seine Nachfahrin Anna von Münchhausen recherchiert hat. «Schon mit 17 Jahren reiste er an den Zarenhof in St. Petersburg», erzählt von Münchhausen.