Great bastards of history
Subtitle: the true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness
By: Juré Fiorillo.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Beverly, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592334018
Subjects: Biography; Illegitimate children -- Biography; Successful people -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: William the Conqueror : a lucky bastard (1028-1087); title: Leonardo da Vinci : bastard of the Renaissance (1452-1519); title: Francisco Pizarro : a brutal bastard (1475-1541); title: Elizabeth I : from bastard daughter to virgin queen (1533-1603); title: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : the bastard who would be king (1649-1685); title: Alexander Hamilton : an illegitimate son becomes a founding father of a new nation (1757-1804); title: James Smithson : the mysterious bastard becomes benefactor of America's most prestigious museum (1765-1829); title: Bernardo O'Higgins : how the viceroy's illegitimate son became a national hero (1778-1842); title: Alexandre Dumas fils : an illegitimate son inherits his father's talents; title: and vices (1824-1895); title: Henry Stanley : the illegitimate Welshman who found Livingstone (1841-1904); title: Jack London : rebellious mother, rebellious son (1876-1916); title: Lawrence of Arabia : legendary, but not legitimate (1888-1935); title: Billie Holiday : how a parentless and poverty-stricken child became a jazz legend (1915-1959); title: Eva Peron : a struggling actress remakes herself into a cultural icon (1919-1952); title: Fidel Castro : an illegitimate child sparks a revolution; title: and reinvents a nation (1926- )