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Cateau, Le

(Encyclopedia) Cateau, LeCateau, Lelə kätōˈ [key] or Le Cateau-CambrésisLe Cateau-Cambrésislə kätōˈ [key]Le Cateau-Cambrésis-käNbrāzēˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 7,789), Nord dept., N France, in…

The Best-Selling Children's Books of All Time

The world's most beloved children's stories Harry Potter, and how. It's very difficult to get exact sales figures for books; doing so requires combining the sales information from thousands of…

Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Le Verrier, Urbain Jean JosephLe Verrier, Urbain Jean JosephürbăNˈ zhäN zhôzĕfˈ ləvĕryāˈ [key], 1811–77, French astronomer who made calculations that led to the discovery of the planet…

Le Sage, Alain René

(Encyclopedia) Le Sage, Alain RenéLe Sage, Alain RenéälăNˈ rənāˈ ləsäzhˈ [key], 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist. His masterpiece, Gil Blas de Santillane (1715–35, tr. by Tobias Smollett, The…

Le Nôtre, André

(Encyclopedia) Le Nôtre, AndréLe Nôtre, AndréäNdrāˈ lənōˈtrə [key], 1613–1700, the most famous landscape architect in French history, b. near the Tuileries; studied drawing with Simon Vouet at the…

René Lacoste, "Le Crocodile"

Tennis legend and fashion baron by Borgna Brunner Related Links Encyclopedia: René LacosteEncyclopedia: TennisAlmanac: TennisFashion TimelineGrand Slam Wins French Open Singles 1925, 27, 29…

Richard Le Gallienne: Song

SongRichard Le GallienneShe's somewhere in the sunlight strong, Her tears are in the falling rain, She calls me in the wind's soft song, And with the flowers she comes again.Yon bird is but…

Poems: Dans le Restaurant

by T. S. Eliot The HippopotamusWhispers of ImmortalityDans le Restaurant Le garcon délabré qui n'a rien à faire Que de se gratter les doigts et se pencher sur mon épaule: "Dans mon pays…

Brewer's: Tout le Monde

Everyone who is anyone. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tower of HungerTout est Perdu Hormis L'Honneur A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: Robert le Diable

The son of Bertha and Bertramo. The former was daughter of Robert, Duke of Normandy, and the latter was a fiend in the guise of a knight. The opera shows the struggle in Robert between the…