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The Resource Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness, Jur⥠Fiorillo

Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness, Jur⥠Fiorillo

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Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness
Title
Great bastards of history
Title remainder
true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness
Statement of responsibility
Jur⥠Fiorillo
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Biography type
collective biography
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Fiorillo, Jure
Dewey number
920.02
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Illegitimate children
  • Successful people
  • Biography
Label
Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness, Jur⥠Fiorillo
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-263) and index
Contents
William the Conqueror : a lucky bastard (1028-1087) -- Leonardo da Vinci : bastard of the Renaissance (1452-1519) -- Francisco Pizarro : a brutal bastard (1475-1541) -- Elizabeth I : from bastard daughter to virgin queen (1533-1603) -- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : the bastard who would be king (1649-1685) -- Alexander Hamilton : an illegitimate son becomes a founding father of a new nation (1757-1804) -- James Smithson : the mysterious bastard becomes benefactor of America's most prestigious museum (1765-1829) -- Bernardo O'Higgins : how the viceroy's illegitimate son became a national hero (1778-1842) -- Alexandre Dumas fils : an illegitimate son inherits his father's talents--and vices (1824-1895) -- Henry Stanley : the illegitimate Welshman who found Livingstone (1841-1904) -- Jack London : rebellious mother, rebellious son (1876-1916) -- Lawrence of Arabia : legendary, but not legitimate (1888-1935) -- Billie Holiday : how a parentless and poverty-stricken child became a jazz legend (1915-1959) -- Eva Peron : a struggling actress remakes herself into a cultural icon (1919-1952) -- Fidel Castro : an illegitimate child sparks a revolution--and reinvents a nation (1926- )
Control code
000044237421
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
272 p.
Isbn
9781592334018
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Other physical details
ill. (some col.), col. maps
Label
Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness, Jur⥠Fiorillo
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-263) and index
Contents
William the Conqueror : a lucky bastard (1028-1087) -- Leonardo da Vinci : bastard of the Renaissance (1452-1519) -- Francisco Pizarro : a brutal bastard (1475-1541) -- Elizabeth I : from bastard daughter to virgin queen (1533-1603) -- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : the bastard who would be king (1649-1685) -- Alexander Hamilton : an illegitimate son becomes a founding father of a new nation (1757-1804) -- James Smithson : the mysterious bastard becomes benefactor of America's most prestigious museum (1765-1829) -- Bernardo O'Higgins : how the viceroy's illegitimate son became a national hero (1778-1842) -- Alexandre Dumas fils : an illegitimate son inherits his father's talents--and vices (1824-1895) -- Henry Stanley : the illegitimate Welshman who found Livingstone (1841-1904) -- Jack London : rebellious mother, rebellious son (1876-1916) -- Lawrence of Arabia : legendary, but not legitimate (1888-1935) -- Billie Holiday : how a parentless and poverty-stricken child became a jazz legend (1915-1959) -- Eva Peron : a struggling actress remakes herself into a cultural icon (1919-1952) -- Fidel Castro : an illegitimate child sparks a revolution--and reinvents a nation (1926- )
Control code
000044237421
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
272 p.
Isbn
9781592334018
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Other physical details
ill. (some col.), col. maps

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