Historical men and women

  Isabella was born around 1187 at Angoul ê me in south-west France, the only daughter of the Count of Angoulême. She was about 12 or 13 ye...

  Isabella of Valois, the second Queen of King Richard II of England, was born in 1389. She was not yet eight years old when she was sent to...

  Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher who has been regarded as providing intellectual support to anti-Semitism and Nazism. However, a clos...

Charles Peace was a notorious 19 th century murderer. He was once described as ‘the greatest and most naturally gifted criminal England has...

  Jonathan Wild was a particularly nasty piece of work, operating on both sides of the law in early 18 th -century London. He was responsibl...

  Berengaria of Navarre was a Queen of England who never set foot in England as Queen. She was born, in around 1165, in Navarre, was married...

11 th November is the official saint’s day for St Martin of Tours, who is best remembered for the legend of “St Martin and the beggar...