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Voisin, La
(Encyclopedia)Voisin, La: see Poison Affair.Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de
(Encyclopedia)Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de: see Poison Affair. ...Flanagan, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Flanagan, Richard, 1961–, Australian novelist, b. Longford, Tasmania, studied Univ. of Tasmania (grad. 1982), Oxford (Rhodes scholar). Flanagan, whose novels explore the past and present of his nati...Jabesh-gilead
(Encyclopedia)Jabesh-gilead jāˈbĕsh-gĭlˈēăd [key], in the Bible, city of Gilead. After the affair at Gibeah, wives were provided for the Benjamites by sacking Jabesh. Later, Saul saved Jabesh, and at his dea...Stampa, Gaspara
(Encyclopedia)Stampa, Gaspara gäˈspärä stämˈpä [key], c.1523–1554, Italian poet. Plunged at an early age into the dissipated life of Venetian society, she became renowned for her brilliance and beauty. Her...Edwards, John Reid
(Encyclopedia)Edwards, John Reid (Johnny Reid Edwards), 1953–, U.S. politician, b. Seneca, S.C., grad. North Carolina State Univ. (B.A., 1974), Univ. of North Carolina (J.D., 1977). The son of a textile-mill work...Waldeck-Rousseau, René
(Encyclopedia)Waldeck-Rousseau, René rənāˈ väldĕkˈ-ro͞osōˈ [key], 1846–1904, French statesman. Belonging to the republican left, he was twice minister of the interior (1881, 1883–85), and in 1884 he w...Drumont, Edouard
(Encyclopedia)Drumont, Edouard ādwärˈ drümôNˈ [key], 1844–1917, French journalist and anti-Semitic leader. His book, La France juive [Jewish France] (1886) and his periodical, La Libre Parole, were equally ...Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis
(Encyclopedia)Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis hĕrtro͞oˈᵺēs gōˈmĕth dā ävĕlyänāˈᵺä [key], 1814–73, Spanish poet, b. Cuba. She went to Spain in 1836. Her passionate and poignant verses reflecting ...Davie, William Richardson
(Encyclopedia)Davie, William Richardson, 1756–1820, American Revolutionary soldier and statesman, b. Egremont, Cumberland, England. During the American Revolution he served under Casimir Pulaski and later took pa...Browse by Subject
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