Charles Bernard Nordhoff was an American novelist and traveler, born in England. Nordhoff is perhaps best known for The Bounty Trilogy, three historical novels he wrote with James Norman Hall: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934) and Pitcairn's Island (1934). During World War I, he served as a driver in the Ambulance Corps as well as an aviator in both the French Air Force's Lafayette Flying Corps and the United States Army Air Service, reaching the rank of lieutenant. After the war, Nordhoff spent much of his life on the island of Tahiti, where he and Hall wrote a number of successful adventure books, many adapted for film.
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his interpretations have been challenged, especially his widely copied thesis that British troops defeated their Napoleonic opponents by firepower alone. Paddy Griffith, among modern historians, argues that the British infantry's discipline and willingness to attack were equally important.
Charles Paul de Kock was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor taste. In 2021 Brad Bigelow wrote: "Today, if we set aside over-priced print on demand reprints of his ancient editions, the works of Paul de Kock haven't seen a new English edition in at least a century."
Charles Pierre Péguy, né le 7 janvier 1873 à Orléans (Loiret) et mort pour la France le premier jour de la première bataille de l'Ourcq, le 5 septembre 1914 à Villeroy (Seine-et-Marne), est un écrivain, poète, essayiste et officier de réserve français. Il est également connu sous les noms de plume de Pierre Deloire et Pierre Baudouin.
Charles Perrault, né le 12 janvier 1628 à Paris et mort dans cette même ville le 16 mai 1703, est un homme de lettres français, célèbre pour ses Contes de ma mère l’Oye.
Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, Cendrillon ("Cinderella"), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté, La Belle au bois dormant, and Barbe Bleue ("Bluebeard").
Charles Perrault war ein französischer Schriftsteller und hoher Beamter. Er wurde vor allem durch seine Märchensammlung Histoires ou Contes du temps passé berühmt und hat das Genre in Frankreich und damit in Europa popularisiert. Auch deutsche Autoren wie die Brüder Grimm, Ludwig Bechstein und der Oberpfälzer Volkskundler Franz Xaver von Schönwerth haben Märchen von ihm übernommen.
