Presents a biography of late sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, and chronicles his life, later years in exile in Naples, Malta, and Sicily, and his influence on later generations of artists.
Bill Bryson investigates the slim facts known about the life of William Shakespeare, looks at some of the more unusual speculations about the great playwright and poet, and surveys the theories of people who have sought to debunk Shakespeare's authorship.
Presents a concise biography of George Washington, and traces his early life as a farmer and entrepreneur, military career and leader of the American forces against the British, first president of the U.S., and more.
Chronicles the life of English biophysicist Francis Crick, tracing the course of his genetic research, discussing his discoveries about DNA, and touching on his investigations into consciousness during his last two decades.
Bill Bryson investigates the slim facts known about the life of William Shakespeare, looks at some of the more unusual speculations about the great playwright and poet, and surveys the theories of people who have sought to debunk Shakespeare's authorship.
Presents a biography of late sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, and chronicles his life, later years in exile in Naples, Malta, and Sicily, and his influence on later generations of artists.
Presents a biography of Thomas Jefferson, examining aspects of his public and private life, with a focus on his role as designer of America and the person responsible for expanding the country's borders with the Louisiana Purchase.
Presents a biography of late eighteenth-century German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, and chronicles his childhood, his extraordinary achievements in his music, and his struggles with incurable deafness.
Presents a concise biography of George Washington, and traces his early life as a farmer and entrepreneur, military career and leader of the American forces against the British, first president of the U.S., and more.
