Isabelle Eberhardt, Queen of the SaharaThe Lost Ones
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Yukio Mishima: Writer Until Death
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John Reed, American Witness to the Russian Revolution
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Alma Mahler, Frustrated Conductor
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Basile Zaharoff, The Merchant of Death
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Séraphine de Senlis, The Painter's Delirium
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Yamaguchi, Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Benjamin Ullmo, The Price of Opium
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Leonore Heinz, Unwitting Spy
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In the 19th century, a young nobleman called Isabelle Eberhardt travelled to the Maghreb to learn about Arab culture and Islam. In Algeria she rode alone in the Sahara under the name Si Mahmoud, dressed in men's clothes. The eccentric, independent and rebellious woman made a name for herself as a writer before her tragically premature death.
