Short biography:François Marie Harouet (1694-1778), says Voltaire , is a French writer author of tragedies, philosophical tales (Zadig, Candide ...) and historical works. A time spy, he was the greatest journalist of his time, his abundant correspondence reflecting a century of events and thoughts
Born near Bordeaux, he came from a provincial noble family. If he is studying law to become a lawyer, he is also passionate about science. He anonymously published his first work in 1721, the __Lettres persanes , which have met with great success. He travels to Europe, and particularly to England, w
Ammien Marcellin (330-400) was a Roman historian of Greek descent and one of the last great historians of Rome. After a fairly significant eclipse in the 3rd century, the art of writing among the Romans found a new hour of glory when the Empire was reborn, from the reign of Diocletian (284-305). Ind
Parisian seamstress, Eulalie Papavoine (1846 – 1875) served as an ambulance attendant during the Paris Commune. Like others, she will suffer from the myth of the oily one. Seamstress in Paris We know very little about the life of Eulalie Papavoine before the Paris Commune, an insurrection that br