Noga Arikha: 2 books
Passions and Tempers
A History of the Humours
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
The humours—blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler—were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. For example, an excess of black bile was considered a cause of melancholy. The theory of humours remained an inexact but powerful tool for...
Napoleon and the Rebel
A Story of Brotherhood, Passion, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Lucien was the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but who also had a promising political career of his own. He was a romantic, an idealist, and an anti-monarchist whose love for Alexandrine, the woman he married in spite of Napoleon's...