Academic papers on Biographies

PETER THE GREAT
This 5 page paper discusses the personality and life of Peter the Great. Characteristics which made him a good/bad leader are exampled. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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William the Conqueror
A 6 page paper which presents two differing perspectives, historical examinations, of William the Conqueror. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Clark/Waging Modern War
An 8 page essay that discusses the major points from General Wesley Clark's autobiographical account of the Kosovo war, Waging Modern War. While Clark agrees with the political objectives of the Kosovo campaign and successfully used military force...
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Mark Twain: Gifted
A 5 page paper which examines and argues how Mark Twain was a gifted/intelligent man. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Personal Identity: A Reflection on Personal Strength and Identity as it Relates to the Messages Transmitted Through Three Generations of One Black Woman's Family
A 6 page reflection on the influential factors that shaped one black woman's life. Credits the influence of a mother and a grandmother on this woman's personal and occupational life. Now a successful middle-class professor at a major university,...
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
This 6 page paper discusses the life and times of JFK, his presidency, his effectiveness, and his failures. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Claude Brown/Manchild
A 4 page book review of Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land, which was originally published in 1965. This is a novel that is a thinly veiled autobiographical account of Brown's childhood and adolescence growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and...
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THE LEADERSHIP OF MARGARET THATCHER
This 4 page paper discusses the life and times of the term of office held by the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher.Bibliographpy lists 5 sources.
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THE DEATH OF MOLIERE
This 9 page paper discusses the circumstances of Moliere's death, the impact it had on the theater community, and the animosity that it uncovered. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Oates/John Brown Biography
A 3 page essay that examines Stephen B. Oates' biography of John Brown, The Purge This land with Blood (1984). In his prologue to his biography of John Brown, Oates points out that John Brown, the abolitionist who led the ill-fated raid on Harper's...
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KING TUT
This 5 page paper discusses the innovations and influences that the young King Tut had over upper and lower kingdoms in Egypt during his reign. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Franklin's Autobiography
A 4 page essay that argues that Benjamin Franklin's autobiography offers readers insight into the eighteenth century. In his introduction to Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, Louis P. Masur comments that the text gives the reader insight into...
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George Orwell
A 6 page paper which examines how George Orwell was a discontent youth who was very aware of the affects of the world wars and thus used such influence in his works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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De Jonge/Rasputin
A 6 page book review of Alex De Jonge's 1982 text The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin. The first 2 pages of the paper consist of a summation of the major points of the book. The next 4 pages offer evaluation and assessment of the text, which the...
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John Adams by David McCullough
A 5 page review on the autobiography
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