by Geneviève Chauvel (1991)
Qui connaît Saladin aujourd'hui? Au XIIe siècle pourtant, ce nom fit trembler la Chrétienté. Dans les mémoires arabes, il résonne encore comme un symbole d'unité et de lutte de l'Islam contre l'Occident. Né dans une famille kurde, à Takrit, en Irak, dans le même village où naîtra huit cents ans plus tard un certain Saddam Hussein, le jeune Youssef, cadet de famille, vassal entre les vassaux, se sentait davantage attiré par l'aventure spirituelle que par la guerre et les vanités du monde. Obéissant à la volonté divine, il sera néanmoins obligé de se forger une âme de rassembleur et de conquérant pour reprendre Jérusalem, la ville sacrée, occupée par les Croisés depuis 1099. Devenu malgré lui le cél̀bre Salah-ed-Din, sultan d'Egypte, de Syrie, de Mésopotamie et du Yémen, il parviendra après trente ans de luttes à rallier sous sa bannière couleur soleil ses voisins arabes divisés, puis à les entraîner, à la tête d'une armée colossale, sur les chemins de la Guerre Sainte et de la victoire. -- Back cover.
taken down and edited by S.M. Barrett
In the early 1900s, when Geronimo was taken prisoner, Barrett commissioned an interpreter to interview the Native American warrior. Told in his own words, this is the story of his life and people.
Lucia Raatma
Describes the important roles women held during the Civil War including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, and Elizabeth Van Lew.
Gerhard Benecke
"Maximilian I (22 March 1459 ? 12 January 1519), the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky. He had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his father's reign, from c. 1483. He expanded the influence of the House of Habsburg through war and his marriage in 1477 to Mary of Burgundy, the heiress to the Duchy of Burgundy, but he also lost the Austrian territories in today's Switzerland to the Swiss Confederacy."--Wikipedia.
Charles M. Robinson III
Here is the first full telling of the most colorful and famous law enforcers of our time. For years, the Texas Rangers have been historical figures shrouded in myth. Charles M. Robinson III has sifted through the tall tales to reach the heart of this storied organization. The Men Who Wear the Star details the history of the Rangers, from their beginnings, spurred by Stephen Austin, and their formal organization in 1835, to the gangster era with Bonnie and Clyde, and on through to modern times. Filled with memorable characters, it is energetic and fast-paced, making this the definitive record of the exploits and accomplishments of the Texas Rangers.