In 1750, in the glare of the Caribbean, the man who created history known as the forerunner of independence in Venezuela. His name is Francisco de Miranda and, to be exact, is the largest globetrotter who has known the Americas, Miranda has a reputation as an inveterate wanderer, an eternal conspirator, a turncoat, a conqueror of nobles and courtiers, a lover of asylums, libraries, prisons and brothels, has written 63 volumes of his autobiography, a friend of princes, military and world-renowned artists, collector of women and unthinkable dreams, restless fugitive, owner of ten different names, and presented by the British press the moment as the future liberator of Spanish America.
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
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The music-loving son of a Louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college.
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A succulent account of the life of French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) who made the simple act...
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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...
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After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless aband...