Biographies Chapters

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.

Frank is in Castillet for six months; conditions are medieval, and he becomes sick and lice-infested.

Near the end of his life, wants forgiveness for his wrongdoings and is re-christened as a monk before he dies at age 54.

The complimentary colors and simple strokes of Japanese woodblock prints influence many Van Gogh paintings.

Inspector Fred Abberline is the lead detective on the Jack-the-Ripper cases.

Powerful allies are unable to reunite Edgardo with his parents.

Hines' photographs allow us to travel back in time to view images of children working in canneries.

Hines photographs young children working in adult jobs in mills.

Lewis Hines takes pictures of children working in dangerous American mines.

After Margaret's fall from power, she travels and lectures, then dies at 87.

The Ayatollah moves to France and begins to air his views in order to make his country into an Islamic Republic.

Giuseppe Mazzini believed that for Italy to be free of foreign domination, Italians would have to revolt. It was good timing, since revolutions were h...

In the early-to-mid 19th century, foreign powers controlled many areas of the Italian Peninsula. This led to revolutionary fervor on the part of Itali...

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