James II of Cyprus
1 bookJames II was the illegitimate son of John II of Cyprus and the half-brother of Queen Charlotte. With support from the Mamluk sultan and local allies, […]
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James Lawrence
1 bookJames Lawrence was a United States naval officer during the War of 1812. Mortally wounded while commanding USS Chesapeake, he became famous for the command often […]
James Longstreet
1 bookJames Longstreet is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, political ambition and government, and court politics and dynastic power. These […]
James Mor MacGregor
1 bookJames Mor MacGregor, also known as James More Drummond, was a son of Rob Roy MacGregor and a participant in Jacobite and clan politics during the […]
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
1 bookJamsetjee Jejeebhoy was a Parsi merchant and philanthropist based in Bombay who built a major fortune through trade with China, including opium. He survived commercial crises, […]
Jane Lane, Lady Fisher
1 bookJane Lane was a Staffordshire gentlewoman who helped Charles II escape after the royalist defeat at Worcester in 1651. Because she possessed a military pass to […]
Jean-Paul Marat
1 bookJean-Paul Marat was a radical journalist and politician of the French Revolution. His newspaper, attacks on enemies of the revolution and assassination by Charlotte Corday made […]
Jean Devèze
1 bookJean Devèze was a French physician and surgeon who arrived in Philadelphia from Cap-Français during the upheaval in Saint-Domingue. Appointed principal physician at Bush Hill hospital […]
Jean Maximilien Lamarque
1 bookJean Maximilien Lamarque was a French general and politician whose death in 1832 helped trigger the June Rebellion in Paris. A veteran of the Revolutionary and […]
Jind Kaur
1 bookJind Kaur was the mother and regent of Maharaja Duleep Singh and a leading figure in the final years of the Sikh Empire. She struggled against […]