Suffering from the wars of the Fronde as a child, Louis XIV never ceased to subjugate the nobility. The regency of his mother Anne of Austria ending with the death of Cardinal Mazarin who governed in the shadows, Louis XIV therefore seized full powers until his death, the ministers now having only o
Cheyenne Warrior, Buffalo Calf Road Woman or Brave Woman (1850s? – 1879) distinguished herself by saving the life of her brother, Chief Comes in Sight, during a battle against the American army. The Cheyenne credit her with the killing blow to Lt. Col. Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The In
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
The youngest and most enterprising son of Clotaire. On the death of his father, he leads Neustria and tries to seize the treasure of Paris. He marries Galswinthe, one of the daughters of the Visigoth king (sister of Brunehaut). But maintaining an affair with Frédégonde, the two lovers decide to suff