We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
Chapter 4
As Bonhoeffer hanged from the gallows, American troops nearby already threatened the fatal blow to the Third Reich. As bodies burned in the camp's ove...
Ludwig faces financial problems and has to find sponsors when his music cannot support him. He does his best not to become overwhelmed with worry.
Sir Francis Drake sets old ships on fire to send towards the enemy; the Spanish panic, and the ensuing Battle of Gravelines uses up ammunition on both...
Bessie Coleman, a pioneering aviator, was born 125 years ago on January 26, 1892. In 1921, she became the first African-American female pilot. To make...
German Enigma operators sent their messages, via Morse Code, in groups of five letters. Polish cryptologists were able to intercept and understand the...
AnItalian team is the first to reach the second highest point on earth, K2, in the summer of 1954.
A made-up newspaper article provokes Fish to write an incriminating letter to Gracie's family, which leads to his capture.
A bad lawyer and an insane judge doom the results of Florie's murder trial and sentence.
Florie is sentenced to hang, but after a public outcry against , Queen Victoria intervenes. Flories sentence is changed from death to 15 years in pri...
Charged with capital murder, Florence Maybrick endures a mistake-laden trial.
Florie attempts to make her own cosmetic arsenic, and implicates herself in James' death.
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