(Encyclopedia) Desmarets, NicolasDesmarets, Nicolasnēkôläˈ dāmärāˈ [key], 1648–1721, French statesman; the nephew of Jean Baptiste Colbert. He became director of finances in 1703 and succeeded Michel…
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(Encyclopedia) Viviani, RenéViviani, Renérənāˈ vēvyänēˈ [key], 1863–1925, French statesman. He entered politics as a Socialist and joined Jean Jaurès in founding the journal Humanité and in forming (…
(Encyclopedia) BoucicautBoucicautb&oomacr;sēkōˈ [key], c.1366–1421, marshal of France and crusader against the Ottoman Turks, whose real name was Jean III le Meingre. Captured by Ottoman Sultan…
(Encyclopedia) Cambert, RobertCambert, Robertrōbĕrˈ käNbĕrˈ [key], c.1628–1677, French composer; pupil of Chambonnières. His Pastorale d'Issy (1659) and other works are among the first real French…
(Encyclopedia) VercorsVercorsvĕrkôrˈ [key], 1902–91, French writer and illustrator, whose original name was Jean Bruller. Vercors served in the French resistance movement and helped to found Les…
(Encyclopedia) Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier deLamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier dezhäN bätēstˈ pyĕr äNtwänˈdə mônāˈ, shəvälyāˈ də lämärkˈ [key],…
Stars Over Beacon Street
Charlotte
Stars and books have always been my best friends. My books go with me wherever we move. And the stars, they are always there when we get there. The first stars…
