Frozen in Time—the Kaiser’s Home in Exile

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Renoir—an Impression of Beauty

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The Real Gangs of New York

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The Light that Inspired the Skagen Painters

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Empire and Imperialism: Rudyard Kipling’s Stiff Upper Lip

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Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist, best known as the author of The Jungle Book. He

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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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8 Lessons on How to be Polite from Victorian Ladies

June 29, 2017 David James

First published in 1860 by Florence Hartley and now available for free in the public domain, The Ladies’ Book of

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The Tragic Story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911

June 18, 2017 David James

This is the tragic story of how 146 immigrant workers—mostly young women—lost their lives in one of the worst industrial

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