Giuseppe Garibaldi’s courage and charisma made him a hero of Italian unification in the 19th century. Here’s how he became a celebrity who captivated the world ...
In a kingdom recently divided by faith, Elizabeth I’s government turned to espionage to defend the Protestant crown. This is ...
In 1945, as Europe celebrated peace, Winston Churchill quietly asked his generals to plan an attack on the Soviet Union. But ...
In the turbulent Republican Party of the late 1870s and early 1880s, Roscoe Conkling loomed as the hard-edged master of ...
Ancient Roman gladiators are often imagined as chiselled, bronzed heroes of the arena, akin to today’s top athletes. But the ...
Hermann Göring was once Hitler’s chosen successor, and the most powerful man in Nazi Germany after the Führer. He embodied ...
The 20th President of the United States had the potential to be one of the greats, according to many – until his ...
Dixon line, he had achieved his escape from enslavement. But the first years of his freedom were marked by fear, isolation ...
In 1605, a small band of English Catholics tried to destroy the king, his family and parliament in a single explosion. This ...
Lucretia Garfield, also known as Crete, was the wife of US President James A Garfield and served briefly as First Lady in ...
That’s what renowned barrister, and bestselling historian, Philippe Sands told us, but could you? With the 80th anniversary ...
When US President James Garfield was assassinated in 1881, his Vice President, Chester A Arthur, assumed the presidency amid widespread distrust. But once viewed as a party insider tied to political ...
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