#historical biography posts

Zen Master Yunmen: His Life and Essential Sayings

#chan master #classic sayings #historical biography #song dynasty chan #yunmen #yunmen sayings #zen koans #zen teachings

The Buddha: Life, Legend and Legacy (Great Lives of the Ancient World)

#ancient world #asian history #biography #buddhism #buddhist teachings #gautama buddha #historical biography #life and legacy #religious history #spiritual leaders

Cesare Caporali; vari autori - Rime piacevoli di Cesare Caporali, vita di mecenate, testamento di mecenate - 1637

#17th century books #cesare caporali #historical biography #italian literature #literary patrons #renaissance poetry

Emmanuel de Las Cases - Mémorial De Sainte-Hélène - 1842

#19th century history #emmanuel de las cases #french history #historic memoir #historical biography #napoleon bonaparte #napoleonic era #political memoir #primary source #saint helena

Jacques Ier Fitz-James, duc de Berwick - Mémoires du maréchal de Berwick - 1780

#18th century #european wars #french aristocracy #french history #historical biography #jacques i fitz-james #maréchal de berwick #military leader #military memoir #personal memoir

William Wright (1837-1899) - Palmyra and Zenobia; with 80 illustrations and 32 full-page engravings - 1895

#19th century #ancient history #archaeology #cultural heritage #historical biography #middle eastern antiquity #palmyra #Roman Empire #william wright #zenobia