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Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness / Juré Fiorillo.

Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness / Juré Fiorillo.
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ISBN 9781592334018 (pbk.)
1592334016 (pbk.)
Name Fiorillo, Juré
Title Great bastards of history : true and riveting accounts of the most famous illegitimate children who went on to achieve greatness / Juré Fiorillo.
Published Beverly, Mass. : Fair Winds Press, c2010
Description 272 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-263) and index.
Contents William the Conqueror : a lucky bastard (1028-1087) -- Leonardo da Vinci : bastard of the Renaissance (1452-1519) -- Francisco Pizarro : a brutal bastard (1475-1541) -- Elizabeth I : from bastard daughter to virgin queen (1533-1603) -- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth : the bastard who would be king (1649-1685) -- Alexander Hamilton : an illegitimate son becomes a founding father of a new nation (1757-1804) -- James Smithson : the mysterious bastard becomes benefactor of America's most prestigious museum (1765-1829) -- Bernardo O'Higgins : how the viceroy's illegitimate son became a national hero (1778-1842) -- Alexandre Dumas fils : an illegitimate son inherits his father's talents--and vices (1824-1895) -- Henry Stanley : the illegitimate Welshman who found Livingstone (1841-1904) -- Jack London : rebellious mother, rebellious son (1876-1916) -- Lawrence of Arabia : legendary, but not legitimate (1888-1935) -- Billie Holiday : how a parentless and poverty-stricken child became a jazz legend (1915-1959) -- Eva Peron : a struggling actress remakes herself into a cultural icon (1919-1952) -- Fidel Castro : an illegitimate child sparks a revolution--and reinvents a nation (1926- )
Subjects Biography
Illegitimate children -- Biography
Successful people -- Biography
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