historical figure

**1810:** Renata Plancher, cousin of Napoleon, Jean Plancher, and their son Baptiste run an inn, "Chez Bonaparte," in Paris, Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Jean complains that the Emperor has ...

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor ...