With the first of a group of historical novels, The Charles Men ( Karolinerna ), published in 1897-8, he achieved the masterpiece of his career.

His restless and turbulent nature marked him out for a military career ; and having collected a small band of soldiers, he assisted Emperor Charles V in his war with France in 1543.

At the time of his birth, Chaplin's parents were both entertainers in the music hall tradition: Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker, had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley, while Charles Sr., a butcher's son, worked as a popular singer.

Charles began his career as a contemporary and urban performance poet on the British cabaret circuit.

Charles has been involved in the music industry through much of his career.

DeMille began his career as an actor on the Broadway stage in the theatrical company of Charles Frohman in 1900.

Several things were notable about this battle, in which Charles set the pattern for the remainder of his military career: first, he appeared where his enemies least expected him, while they were marching triumphantly home and far outnumbered him.

After his bruising encounter with Cyclops and Emma Frost, Professor X is forced to revisit the biggest challenge and the biggest failure of his career, Wolverine, when the feral mutant asks for Charles ' help in freeing his son from the clutches of the Hellfire Club.

Because Charles Moore had frequently moved from job to job over his career, an early pressure on the developing language was ease of porting to different computer architectures.

Adams ' youngest son, Charles Francis Adams ( who named his own son John Quincy ), also pursued a career in diplomacy and politics.

Hanson's career in public service began in 1750, when he was appointed sheriff of Charles County.

( Nevertheless three opposition figures, including Fianna Fáil leader Charles Haughey, demanded to be put through to Hillery, with Haughey threatening to end Barber's career if the calls weren't put through.

Perhaps the best summation of his career is in the biographical entry in Robert Charles Anderson's The Great Migration Begins ( NEHGS, Boston 1995 ): " Among the many remarkable lives lived by early New Englanders, Bachiler's is the most remarkable.

Inspired by General Charles de Gaulle, Chirac started to pursue a civil service career in the 1950s.

The " slapping incident " of Private Charles H. Kuhl of August 3, 1943, nearly ended Patton's career.

His career began in the theatre ; he made his first appearance on the London stage in 1958 in Jane Arden's The Party, directed by Charles Laughton, who starred in the production along with his wife, Elsa Lanchester.

He had replaced Cobenzl with Johan Philip Charles Stadion ( 1805-1809 ) the previous year, but his career was in turn cut short in 1809 following yet another Austrian defeat by Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram and subsequent humiliation at the Treaty of Schönbrunn.

Highlights of his career in modern theatre include the roles of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons ( 1960 ), Charles Dyer in Dyer's play Staircase, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966, the definitive Laurie in John Osborne's A Hotel in Amsterdam ( 1968 ), and Antonio Salieri in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus ( 1979 ).

In 1933, In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel, cast Tasmanian born Errol Flynn in a leading role, before he went on to a celebrated Hollywood career.

He began his career as a courtier and soldier in 1610, swiftly becoming a favourite of King James I of England, but fell out of favour on the accession of Charles I.

Charles of Navarre's remarkably slippery and devious political career was at an end.

Charles, a keen crusader who took the cross in 1323, had a history of diplomatic intrigue in the Levant – he had attempted to become the Byzantine emperor earlier in his career.

Charles Williams commented that, " usiness was excluded on medical grounds, the only sensible alternative was a career in the administration of the game which he loved and to which he had given most of his active life ".

Charles Higham states that Fontaine " felt guilty about winning given her lack of obsessive career drive ...".

After his extraordinary career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing memorable cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The typical course load is three classes per term, and students will generally enroll in classes for 12 total terms over the course of their academic career.

He won five Academy Awards and was nominated for 12 in a career that spanned over forty years.

Brown began his performing career at the age of 12, forming his first vocal group, the Cremona Trio in 1945, where they won local talent shows at Augusta concert halls such as the Lenox and Harlem theaters.

The last campaign of the war ( 1648 ) was uneventful, and shortly after its close he retired to live on the estates which he had bought in the course of his career, and on one of these, Benátky nad Jizerou NE of Prague in Bohemia, a gift from the emperor, he died on September 12, 1652 and was buried in the church of Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Benátky.

With a career regular-season record of 151 – 87 – 5 (. 632 ) in 17 seasons with Minnesota, Grant led the franchise to 12 playoff appearances, 11 division titles, and four Super Bowls.

Robert Edward Lee ( January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870 ) was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

Alawites make up 12 percent of the Syrian population but are estimated to make up 70 percent of the career soldiers in the Syrian army.

When Wood joined the Packers in 1960, he was converted to a free safety and he went on to make the All-Pro team 9 times in his 12 year career.

Veteran receiver Vance Johnson had the best season of his career, catching 76 passes for 1, 095 yards and 7 touchdowns, while also returning 12 punts for 118 yards.

As of 2011, Amos has released 12 solo studio albums during her solo career ; all but the first two are self-produced.

He still holds several records as of 2012, including the highest career batting average (. 366 or. 367, depending on source ) and most career batting titles with 11 ( or 12, depending on source ).

The most impressive feat during the season occurred on October 12, 1992, when Art Monk became the NFL's all-time leading pass receiver against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football by catching his 820th career reception.

* September 12 – Cricket player Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1, 110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H. D. G.

In round 12, Carey left the field early in the second quarter and was later forced to retire with a disc-related neck injury, marking the end of a career that spanned 16 seasons, 272 games, and included 727 goals.

Through the course of his career he appeared in many critically acclaimed films, including such classics as 12 Angry Men and The Ox-Bow Incident.

Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years.

On 12 October 2009 he received a Golden Foot career award.

Leonowens resumed her teaching career and taught daily from 9 AM to 12 noon for an autumn half at the Berkeley School of New York at 252 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, beginning on 5 October 1880 ; this was a new preparatory school for colleges and schools of science and her presence was advertised in the press.

He was a center fielder and won a record-tying 12 Gold Gloves starting the year the award was introduced six seasons into his career.

His civil service career was made more precarious by his frequent ' illnesses ' and absences, and he was fortunate to obtain a transfer to a post ( in the Office of Government Control ) where his music-loving superior treated him with great leniency – in 1879 even allowing him to spend 3 months touring 12 cities as a singer's accompanist.

This was due to his international cricket career, many public speaking engagements ( up to 12 a week ) and his responsibilities to the New Zealand Cricket Council coaching committee ( Hadlee was required to do three weeks of fast bowling tuition ).

After a stretch that saw the Clippers lose 12 of 19 games after Chauncey's season-ending achilles injury, with rumors of Vinny Del Negro's career as head coach of the Clippers possibly coming to an abrupt end, Los Angeles went on an absolute tear.