Twelve Against the Gods: The Story of Adventure

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6679496 (person)

Napoleon III (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, 20 April 1808, Paris, France – died 9 January 1873, Chislehurst, Kent, England), the nephew of Napoleon I and cousin of Napoleon II, was the first president of France, from 1848 to 1852, and the last French monarch, from 1852 to 1870. First elected president of the French Second Republic in 1848, he seized power in 1851, when he could not constitutionally be re-elected, and became the emperor of the French. He founded the Second French Empire ...

Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69x15nw (person)

Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...

Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j85ft (person)

Christopher Columbus was likely born in October 1451 in Genoa, Republic of Genoa. His name in Ligurian is Cristoffa Corombo. In one of his writings, he says he went to sea at the age of 10. In 1473, Columbus began his apprenticeship as business agent for the important Centurione, Di Negro and Spinola families of Genoa. Later, he allegedly made a trip to Chios, an Aegean island then ruled by Genoa. Columbus based himself in Lisbon from 1477 to 1485. Between 1482 and 1485, Columbus traded along th...

Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p713x (person)

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p270nw (person)

Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67945s0 (person)

Isadora Duncan was a dancer and dance teacher who is credited with inventing what came to be known as Modern Dance. From the description of The Isadora Duncan papers. 1904-1927. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 191855381 American dancer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873291 Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) was born 27 May 1878 in San Francisc...

Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf1vx6 (person)

Italian imposter (real name, Giuseppe Balsamo). From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : to his wife (Lorenza Feliciani), [1786?] Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132745 Epithet: Conte di British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0003cd ...

Seraphina Cagliostro?

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk2r00 (person)

Casanova, Giacomo, 1725-1798

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh003q (person)

Catiline, Lucius Sergius, 108 B.C.-62 B.C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck93cp (person)

Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g15xxp (person)