Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, better known as Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976), is a British writer, specialist in detective novels. Nicknamed the Queen of Crime, she was of crucial importance in the development of the genre and is one of the most famous authors in the world. The Lonely Petit , first d
Alexander the Great in the painting by Januarius Zick. Alexander the Great known as Alexander of Macedon (356-323 BC) King of Macedonia, founder of a vast Middle Eastern empire. In his youth, he was raised by the famous philosopher Aristotle. He ascended the throne in 336 B.C.E., after the death
Grandson of Louis XV, Charles X, then Count of Artois, had to leave the country after the storming of the Bastille. During his emigration to England, he took part in the counter-revolutionary struggle and tried to unite the European emigrant forces against the French revolutionary regime. Recognize
Simone Jacob became Simone Veil (1927 – 2017) is a French politician, known in particular for having passed the law decriminalizing the voluntary termination of pregnancy. Deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau Born in Nice on July 13, 1927, Simone Jacob is the fourth child of Yvonne Steinmetz, a chemi