David Sweetman (1) (1943–2002)
Autor(a) de Mary Renault: A Biography
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1943-03-16
- Data de falecimento
- 2002-04-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Northumberland, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- London, England, UK
- Causa da morte
- multiple systems atrophy
- Educação
- Durham University
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Críticas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 13
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 473
- Popularidade
- #52,094
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 4
- ISBN
- 40
- Línguas
- 7
My favorite of the rulers contained herein is Queen Nzinga of Angola. Nzinga was the kind of ruler who, when the Portuguese did not give her a chair during negotiations, sat on one of her subjects so as not to appear at a disadvantage. She led a fierce guerrilla resistance against the Portuguese for decades. She kept a harem of young men dressed as women who were referred to as her 'wives.' When she finally died, she demanded that her successor be a woman. Badass!… (mais)