Isaac René Guy le Chapelier his assets. He was arrested, and guillotined in Paris on the same day as Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes. He is a character in Rafael Sabatini's historical novels "Scaramouche" (1921) and "Scaramouche the King-Maker" (1931). Isaac René Guy le Chapelier Isaac René Guy Le Chapelier (12 June 1754 – 22 April 1794) was a French jurist and politician of the Revolutionary period. He was born at Rennes in Brittany, where his father was "bâtonnier" of the corporation of lawyers, a title equivalent to President of the Bar. He entered the law profession, and was a noted orator. In 1789 he
Himalaya (book) Himalaya (book) Himalaya is the book that Michael Palin wrote to accompany the BBC television documentary series "Himalaya with Michael Palin". This book, like the other books that Michael Palin wrote following each of his seven trips for the BBC, consists both of his text and of many photographs to illustrate the trip. All of the pictures in this book were taken by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was part of the team who did the trip (Pao also produced a book, "Inside Himalaya", containing many more of his pictures). The book contains eight chapters: "Pakistan", "India", "Nepal", "Tibet",