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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) is one of the pre-eminent figures of 18th century English letters....
Joan of Arc, born in Domremy in France in 1412, began to hear voices when she was thirteen and, believing they were directives from God, followed them...
Painter of Passion
A Life
This biography of the French Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) offers a portrait of his life, loves, work and perpetual struggle for recogn...
Man of War, Man of Peace
Napoleon as a man of war was perhaps the cause of more men's deaths than any other warleader before him. The full story of the disruption caused by al...
Joan of Arc was put on trial for heresy and, on 30 May 1431, burned at the stake. This book is an account of her life that was cut short; its focus is...
Colour Library
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was a boldly original artist who led a short and violent life. His sexually provocative nude figures and...