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The greatest of the Greek warriors in Greek mythology, Achilles was the son of the sea goddess, Thetis, and a mortal king, Peleus. Fate foretold of Achilles' glory on the battlefield, but in chasing that glory, he was destined to live a brief but celebrated life. His story has been interpreted and retold countless times, with the Homeric epic poem, The Iliad, being the most detailed account of his achievements. 

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Notorious, infamous, and vicious, Al Capone was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33, after which he lost control of his gang and entered a steep mental decline due to a syphilitic infection. He died with the mental capacity of an eight year old. 

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Known for his sharp wit and wise mind, Mark Twain was a celebrated writer during his lifetime. A friend of interesting figures Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, his started out in his career as a steamboat man before chasing adventures around the world as a writer. He was much-loved during his lifetime and is said to have delivered speeches that were the equivalent to today's stand-up comedy. 

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Originally published in Harper's Magazine in 1908, The Shell of Sense by Olivia Howard Dunbar tells the tale of a woman recently deceased. Trapped between this world and the next, and tortured by a love growing in her absence, the ghost navigates the ether, searching for meaning. 

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A legend of the Old West, Billy the Kid started his life as Henry McCarty, the son of Irish Catholic parents in New York City. Orphaned at 14 years old, Billy took to gambling and stealing in the American south before rising to become one of the most notorious figures in the Lincoln County War. Constantly on the run, evading sheriffs, getting capture and escaping jail more than once before meeting his end at just 21 years old, Billy the Kid became of piece of American folklore.

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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub, A Modest Proposal, and, most famously, Gulliver’s Travels. His deadpan, ironic writing style has led to such satire being termed "Swiftian".

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Widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, Alan Turing’s work led to some of the most important breakthroughs for the Allies in WWII. Complex and misunderstood, Turing was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 simply for being gay and, despite his massive contribution to Allied effort, he was forced to undergo chemical castration or face jail.

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Catherine de' Medici was an Italian noblewoman who was queen consort of France from 1547 until 1559, by marriage to King Henry II, and Queen mother of kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" as she had extensive, if at times varying, influence in the political life of France.

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Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration and famously saved his entire crew after his ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and was slowly crushed and sank. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island, after which Shackleton and a small crew sailed in a makeshift boat over stormy ocean conditions to South Georgia Island, 720 nautical miles away to get help.

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The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. In Book Two, Telemachus, son of Ulysses, finally confronts the suitors who have been eating his father’s food and drinking his wine in his absence while they attempt to capture the hand of his mother in marriage. He learns of their intentions and a looming war with them before meeting with the Goddess, Minerva.

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