Biography

The Lord of Uraniborg

by Victor E. Thoren, John Robert Christianson

1990

The Lord of Uraniborg is a comprehensive biography of Tycho Brahe, father of modern astronomy, famed alchemist and littérateur of the sixteenth-century Danish Renaissance. Written in a lively and engaging style, Victor Thoren's biograph…

Lives of the Caesars

by Suetonius

2000

The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. It was Robert Graves's primary …

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines,

by Plutarch

1579

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

1804

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Earinus-Nyx

by William Smith

1846

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

1883

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

1859

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

1878

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

1859

Women on the Margins

by Natalie Zemon Davis

1995

Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.…

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

1892

Who's Who in the Ancient Near East

by Gwendolyn Leick

2001

From Palestine to Iran and from Alexander the Great to Zechariah, Who's Who in the Ancient Near East presents a unique and comprehensive reference guide for all those with an interest in the ancient history of the area.…