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Stefan Zweig's classic biography of one of British history's most fascinating figures, rereleased in a new edition to tie in with launch of the major new Hollywood film Mary Queen of Scots.

An unusual and highly interesting biographical study of three major thinkers, Franz Mesmer, Mary Baker Eddy and Sigmund Freud.

Fascinating biographical studies--both highly personal and philosophically wide ranging.

A biographical essay of Casanova, the Venetian who lived most of his life in exile from his beloved city and created his own myth - which in turn is a reflection of the nature of the city itself.

A biography of France's youngest queen that promises to 'analyse the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to he public suffering under the weight of misfortune...and her tragic destiny under the guillotine.' Zweig based this biography on the correspondence the queen held with her mother and with her great love, the Count Axel De Fersen.

Ferdinand Magellan was the first man ever to sail around the world. His voyage was financed 75% by the King of Spain, Charles V, The Holy Roman Emperor, and 25% by Christopher de Haro, a Dutch businessman residing in Spain. The purpose of the trip by Magellan was not Gold, Glory and God, as is commonly believed. Rather, it was for better food, as the basic spices commonly available today, including pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and mace, we...

They chopped off her head To tell the story of Marie Antoinette is to relive the great revolution. To assail the Monarchy, the revolution had to attack the Queen, and in the Queen, the woman. Thus Marie Antoinette, of inviolate virtue, kind heart, and heroic character, was sacrificed by the hordes in their determination to overthrow the Monarchy and send its Queen to the guillotine under the stigma of a prostitute, and guilty of every form of ...

Zweig brings to life the age of Discovery by telling the tale of one of the era's most daring adventurers.