He was born on an island that had just changed flags, spoke French with an accent, and rose to
By her own account she could not read or write, yet at about seventeen a farm girl from a border
She was born a disappointment, declared illegitimate before her third birthday, imprisoned in
He was a slow talker, a poor fit for strict schools and a clerk in a Swiss patent office when,
He conquered Gaul, crossed a small river and started a civil war, ruled Rome as dictator and was
A young woman from Russian-ruled Warsaw, barred from the university in her own city, arrives in
