Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness /
| Основен автор: | Fiorillo, Jure. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Beverly, Mass. :
Fair Winds Press,
℗♭2010.
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Great bastards of history. |
Съдържание:
- William the Conqueror : a lucky bastard (1028-1087)
- Leonardo da Vinci : bastard of the Renaissance (1452-1519)
- Francisco Pizarro : a brutal bastard (1475-1541)
- Elizabeth I : from bastard daughter to virgin queen (1533-1603)
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : the bastard who would be king (1649-1685)
- Alexander Hamilton : an illegitimate son becomes a founding father of a new nation (1757-1804)
- James Smithson : the mysterious bastard becomes benefactor of America's most prestigious museum (1765-1829)
- Bernardo O'Higgins : how the viceroy's illegitimate son became a national hero (1778-1842)
- Alexandre Dumas fils : an illegitimate son inherits his father's talents
- and vices (1824-1895)
- Henry Stanley : the illegitimate Welshman who found Livingstone (1841-1904)
- Jack London : rebellious mother, rebellious son (1876-1916)
- Lawrence of Arabia : legendary, but not legitimate (1888-1935)
- Billie Holiday : how a parentless and poverty-stricken child became a jazz legend (1915-1959)
- Eva Peron : a struggling actress remakes herself into a cultural icon (1919-1952)
- Fidel Castro : an illegitimate child sparks a revolution
- and reinvents a nation (1926- ).