February 1, 2008
Although Victor Hugo was a talented playwright, it is really his political activism that mattered. He could even be credited with the abolition of the death penalty in Switzerland.
February 4, 2008
The extreme degree to which Voltaire was hated by the great men of his era is surprising--hated even by the likes of Mozart, who wrote to his father after Voltaire's death, "the arch-scoundrel Voltaire has finally kicked the bucket."
February 4, 2008
Everyone goes to the French Riviera. The Italian Riviera is just as lovely, and so much more exclusive.
Smug source: Emmy