Marguerite de Navarre, queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre Away from it all 'Corn versus Chaff'

'Corn versus Chaff'

From the account of the expedition to Arabia and the Middle East undertaken by the German explorer Carsten Niebuhr on behalf of Frederick V of Denmark in 1761-1767

From 'Peeps into the Past'

The Blitz refers to the strategic bombing campaign conducted by the Germans against London and other cities in England from September of 1940 through to May 1941

Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) commanded the Union (northern) army in the American Civil War from March 1864

Marguerite de Navarre, queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre Away from it all 'Corn versus Chaff'Marguerite de Navarre, queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre, (19th century). Margaret of Navarre (1492 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme, was the wife of King Henry II of Navarre and an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance.