Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  Roman Emperor

  Saturday, Apr 26, 0121
  Friday, Mar 17, 0180

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Poet

  Wednesday, Oct 21, 1772
  Friday, Jul 25, 1834

• Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philologist

  Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
  Saturday, Aug 25, 1900

• Julius Caesar

  Roman Dictator

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

• Mahatma Gandhi

  Civil Rights Leader

  Saturday, Oct 02, 1869
  Friday, Jan 30, 1948

• Billy Graham

  Evangelist

  Thursday, Nov 07, 1918
  

• Charles Spurgeon

  Preacher

  Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
  Sunday, Jan 31, 1892

• Michael Jordan

  Basketball Player

  Sunday, Feb 17, 1963
  

• Henry Ford

  Industrialist

  Thursday, Jul 30, 1863
  Monday, Apr 07, 1947

• Theodore Roosevelt

  26Th U.s. President

  Wednesday, Oct 27, 1858
  Monday, Jan 06, 1919

• Carrie Fisher

  Actress

  Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
  Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016

• Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Poet

  Saturday, Aug 05, 1809
  Thursday, Oct 06, 1892

• Albert Camus

  Author

  Friday, Nov 07, 1913
  Monday, Jan 04, 1960

• Voltaire

  Writer

  Sunday, Nov 21, 1694
  Saturday, May 30, 1778

• Francis Of Assisi

  Saint

  Thursday, Jun 24, 1182
  Saturday, Oct 03, 1226