After two hours spent in the company of the brilliant Romain Duris who plays a melancholy, determined and somewhat gruff Gustave Eiffel at the height of his career, and the dark Emma Mackey who portrays a fantasized, touching and dazzlingly beautiful Adrienne Bourgès, I wished to return to this litt
In this special year, we celebrate the 400 years of Molière ! A perfect opportunity for me to complete this month of March dedicated to theater in the Secret Cabinet of Plume dhistoire with a free article entirely dedicated to this great figure of dramatic art, and more particularly to the close rel
He was a superstar, he was popular... he was a virtuoso, was a rock idol - not only Falco came to the conclusion in his 80s hit Amadeus:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was and is the superstar of classical music. More than 250 years after his birth, Mozarts work is still relevant and is performed every day
Willy Brandts charisma enchanted many Germans. The first social-democratic chancellor in Germany fought against the Nazi dictatorship, contributed as chancellor to a relaxation of Ostpolitik and received the Nobel Peace Prize. Constructive vote of no confidence It is April 27, 1972. Germany is stan
Loved, hated and read a lot - Thomas Mann is one of the most important German writers of the 20th century. But during his lifetime he polarized:he was too intellectual for the conservatives, too German for the left and too bourgeois for his fellow writers. Strict father, exotic mother The author A
Richard Wagner revolutionized opera, influenced music history and built his own festival hall. A brilliant composer who came from a humble background and ended up associating with emperors and kings. Childhood in the throes of war Wagner had many facets:visionary as an artist, unfit as a businessma
Otto von Bismarck is one of the most dazzling personalities in German history. Through its war policy, Prussia rose to become the leading power in continental Europe. Bismarck became a folk hero and the first German Chancellor. Childhood and youth The name Bismarck stands for social reforms, but al
More than 750 researchers, writers and politicians have received the Nobel Prize so far. If you compare the CVs, the environment and the places of origin of the award winners, patterns become apparent. Women, for example, often get nothing. An award of the industrialized nations A particularly larg
Opinions are divided on Napoleon:Was he a genius warlord and guardian of the legacy of the French Revolution or a war criminal and slave of the people? The story of the French ruler traces the fantastic path of a notorious islander to the most powerful man in Europe. From Corsica to Power Napoleon
He is one of the worlds most famous Germans and one of the greatest composers of all time. His music has proven to be timeless. But the life of Ludwig van Beethoven is only sparsely documented. Youth in Bonn Letters and correspondence from Beethoven also exist, but the whole thing is incomplete. An
Karl May is one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. His fantastic travel novels are set in the Middle East and the Wild West. He has never seen many of these scenes himself. A childhood full of deprivation Karl May was born on February 25, 1842 in Ernstthal. His parents are despera
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is considered the most important German poet. His works are among the most important in world literature. But Goethe was a genius with many faces and dealt with politics, physics, botany, anatomy and mineralogy. Childhood and youth Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born on Augus
Nobody changed the maps of this world as much as the explorer James Cook. On his great voyages he crossed all oceans and mapped the coasts. A terrible ending The first commander, Charles Clerke, saw the disaster coming, although the natives, paddling in small canoes, are quite peaceful. Very diffe
Started as a reformer, reviled as an outcast, celebrated as a unity chancellor:Helmut Kohls life as a politician has been characterized by many ups and downs. In the end, the man from the Palatinate achieved something that few had expected:he made history. The Second World War left its mark Helmut
More than two centuries after his death, Friedrich Schiller is still considered a freedom poet and one of the most important German poets of all time. Youth under military drill Schiller was born in Marbach am Neckar on November 10, 1759, the son of an officer and military doctor in the ducal Württ
Her books are in millions of childrens rooms around the world. And adults also love the heroes from Astrid Lindgrens books:Pippi Longstocking, Ronja the Robbers Daughter, Karlsson vom Dach or Michel from Lönneberga. Happy childhood With her worldwide success Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren esta
Alfred Nobel was already a well-known man during his lifetime. But he became world famous after his death, when he donated his entire fortune to the Nobel Foundation. This foundation has been awarding the most important award for science and society since 1901:the Nobel Prize. Explosive career Alfr
Mao Zedong is still revered as a saint in China today. But his rule was marked by violence, terror and lawlessness. The Great Chairman brought the Middle Kingdom to the edge of the abyss. Poor house of China When Mao was born in 1893, China was a poor house. The late imperial dynasty that ruled the
He went down in history as the originator of a 30-year tyranny based on terror and a personality cult:the Georgian Josef Vissarionovich Dschugashvili, known as Stalin. The red dictator is one of the worst criminals in human history. The Great Terror, Stalins deportations and forced resettlements as
He seduced the masses, staged the cult surrounding his person and made fascism socially acceptable in Italy:Benito Mussolini, the former Duce of the Italians. From 1922 to 1945 the dictator ruled over the country south of the Alps. Mussolini was a master of political agitation, filled with imperia
When Prithviraj Chauhan conquered Bundelkhand, the boundaries of Prithvirajs kingdom went to the Gahadwalas of Kannauj. Just as the Muslims in the west were the enemies of the provincial Chauhans, so in the north the Raja of Jammu, the Chaulukya rulers in the south, the Chandels in the east and the
A semi-legendary Chinese inventor, Huang Daopo (1240 or 1245 – 1330) is famous for developing, spreading and inventing weaving and spinning techniques, laying the foundations of the Chinese textile industry. Child-wife Little is known of Huang Daopos life. She was born between 1240 and 1245 to a
French composer of Italian origin, Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) obtained the exclusive management and operation of the Royal Academy of Music under Louis XIV. He then exercised a real monopoly on musical life, contributing to the development and codification of opera in France. Lully was one of t
French politician, who became lame as a child, he was destined for an ecclesiastical career and became bishop of Autun. He is a deputy to the States-General and head of the constitutional clergy. He left the Church and left for the United States. He was later Minister of Foreign Relations thanks to