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.
In a life-long struggle, Dostoevsky thought about whether God exists.
A late-nineteenth-century hero from Scotland, Dr.
The story of how Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is almost as interesting as the work itself.
Dr. Robert Goddard - a genuine rocket scientist whose pioneering work still impacts space travel and today's rockets - was a visionary.
Prince Albert, known to his friends and family as "Bertie," has a new title - the Duke of York - when Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon finally agrees to marry him...
Yo-Yo Ma solos with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted byKurt Masur, playing Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.
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On the 11th of December, 1936, King Edward VIII signed an Instrument of Abdication by which he gave up the British throne.
American papers publish what the British papers will not publish about King Edward's relationship with Wallis Simpson.
When George V dies, the royal family - and the government - are very concerned about the intentions of the Prince of Wales (now King Edward VIII).
As the Eiffel Tower began to rise, a group of Parisian artists were upset about it.
When Gustave Eiffel saw the drawings prepared by his engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, he found them to be "logical, simple, impeccable.
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