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Topic: Your 5 favorite historical figures (to read about)
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Had to add that little proviso, because otherwise my list might be a little.... odd.
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Well, I dont have individual people that I have read multiple biographies on, except for a few whom I wrote reports on in college and needed multiple sources. Although, I have read most biographies written on Reagan. Other than that my favorite biographies that I have read are ones on Hitler, Joseph Pulitzer and Abraham Lincoln. Last Edited on: 2/10/09 2:31 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Eleanor of Acquitaine Henry VIII and his court Abe Lincoln (it's the bicentennial of his birth!) Richard III Mary, Queen of Scots I also love anything to do with medieval figures from England, France, and Italy. They don't have to be famous (or infamous!) |
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Marie Antoinette, Eleanor of Acquitaine & Henry VIII (and his court). I also like reading about events (multiple individuals) rather than just one person. |
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Ooh, great question! I like reading about: Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Franklin Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson
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Janelle, Have you read The Trials of Mrs. Lincoln? Not sure who wrote it, I would have to look it up. It was a really interesting book about how she was treated after Lincoln was assasinated. Kat |
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No, I haven't read that one! I've read a couple fictionalized bios of MTL that were pretty good, though. I'll have to track that one down, thanks for the tip, Kat! :-) |
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Recent historical people I have read about:
1. Jesus Christ 2. Charles Manson 3. Albert Einstein 4. Adolf Hitler 5. Osama Bin Laden |
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Ghenghis Khan Attila the Hun Bios of women during the Civil War John Adams Thomas Jefferson
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Essentially anything from 1066 through the 2nd world war --lol! |
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1. Seqoyia 2. Geronimo 3. Tecumsah 4. Wilma Mankiller 5. Martin Luther King Not exactly in that order. |
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These are not in any particular order: Stalin Lenin Hitler The Soviet Dissidents The Russian Tsars |
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Since I love reading Historical novels by John Jakes there are many I like reading about. 1. Jesus Christ 2. Abraham Lincoln 3. George Washington 4. Buffalo Bill 5. Any Civil War Hero |
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Great Question! In no particular order: Teddy Roosevelt Abe Lincoln The Medicis Pope Julius Winston Churchill
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Hi all! This is my first post EVER on these forums. Glad to meet your acquaintance! My top 5 figures of history to read about, in chronological order: 1: Alexander the Great 2: Julius Caesar 3: Thomas Jefferson 4: Abraham Lincoln 5: Winston Churchill
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Eric, welcome to PBS. Beware - this place is addictive. |
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Welcome, Eric! |
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Bill Hickock, Jim Bridger, Hugh Glass, Kit Carson, Yellowstone (Luther) Kelly |
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Reading more than one account of anyone is always a good idea. Someone posted that he had read many accounts of Reagan, but I bet he hated the one I thought best, by Lou Cannon. I looked for a balanced account of Eisenhower, and a friend loaned me Steven Ambrose's book. Very odd. Ambrose tells in the preface what a great man he thought Eisenhower was. Then for four or five hundred pages of balanced and well-documented work, he shows the good and the bad. In other words, he demonstrated clearly that Eisenhower was mediocre in all respects and as President, the farthest thing from a leader. Then at the very end, he states, he doesn't care, Eisenhower was a great man in all respects.Almost funny. I would like to read a reasonably balanced account of Theodore Roosevelt. Does anyone know of one? Most fascinating figure: In our time, MLK, also the greatest man of our time in my estimation. In earlier times, Jefferson. Such a complex man; so much good intertwined with so much not so savory. |
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George Washington British Kings and Queens Abraham Lincoln John Kennedy Robert Kennedy
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1) Flavius Aetius 2) Cicero 3) Genghis Khan 4) Alexander Hamilton 5) Vespasian * Honorable mention Stilicho and Ronald Reagan |
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Brian Boru Michael Collins Robert Kennedy Eleanor Roosevelt Maria Von Trapp
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* Henry VIII (really any of the Tudors) * Elizabeth I * All of Henry VIII wives * Cleoparta VII * Jack the Ripper * Any Roman Emperor |
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There are a couple of people that I like reading about Adolph Hitler Abraham Lincoln The Romanov family
But mostly it is general time frames that interest me ie Hitler's Germany so I love reading about Nazi's, Holocaust survivor stories, bio's from German's who lived under Nazi rule as well as Poles, Russians etc. I also like reading about the antebellum south and slavery, civil war, reconstruction eras as well as the civil rights movement in the 50's and 60's in the American south.
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