Napoleon: Hero or Tyrant?

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The French still cannot agree on whether Napoleon was a hero or a tyrant. In a 2010 opinion poll, French

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If Only the Dead Could Talk—the Ghost of the Red Barn Murder

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It was the year 1828. In the little English village of Polstead in Suffolk, Mrs. Marten was having a bad

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Francois Flameng—Interpreter of Beauty

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Beautiful places, beautiful people, beautiful clothes—Francois Flameng loved to paint them all. Born in an art studio in Paris in

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Lafayette—the Hero of Two Worlds

July 4, 2017November 27, 2017 David James

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer. To many of us, he is simply the

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Boston’s 17th-Century Burying Grounds

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The Grim Reaper made frequent visits to colonial Boston. Disease and the difficulties of childbirth sent many men, women, and children

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Versailles: the Grandest Palace of Them All

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King Louis XIV was so proud of Versailles that he would often give tours to visiting dignitaries himself and even

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20 Exquisite Paintings of 18th-Century Ladies by Joshua Reynolds

October 22, 2016May 13, 2023 David James

Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (1723 – 1792) was an influential eighteenth-century English portrait painter. He promoted the “”

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British Hero Admiral Lord Nelson: Victor at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

October 21, 2016May 13, 2023 David James Napoleon, Nelson, Trafalgar

Born a small sickly baby, the son of a Rector in Norfolk, England, Nelson would go on to become the

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The Other Lady Diana: the tragic story of the princess that never was

October 16, 2016May 13, 2023 David James lady, Princess, Royalty

We all know, love, and remember the Lady Diana Spencer whose wedding in 1981 was watched by an estimated 750

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The Tragic Story of a Beautiful Countess Who Became a “Victim of Cosmetics”

October 14, 2016May 13, 2023 David James aristocracy, beauty, cosmetics

Born in Cambridgeshire in 1733 to Irish parents, Maria Gunning was the eldest of seven children. Her father, John Gunning, was from

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