Viking King Magnus Barefoot: Empire in the Atlantic
History knows many rulers who built their power through decades of careful politics. Magnus III Olavsson…
Willem Ragut: The Unlikely Target of Dutch Rebels
The history of World War II is full of figures who defy simple moral classification. Willem…
Heroic Stand: McKinney’s 1945 Luzon Defense
In the annals of wartime heroism, there are episodes so unbelievable that, if they appeared in…
Irving Finkel: Keeper of Ancient Tablets
When a young graduate from the University of Birmingham first entered the British Museum in the…
Alfred the Great: The King Who Resisted the Vikings
In the spring of 878, when Alfred wandered the Somerset marshes with a handful of loyal…
Dan Daly: Legendary Marine Hero
When he was left alone on the walls of the besieged embassy in Beijing in 1900,…
Howie Winter: The Loyal Boston Gangster
When FBI agents placed documents promising freedom in front of him, the 64-year-old gangster looked them…
Sigurd I: The Viking King’s Crusade to Jerusalem
At the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries, Norway was just joining the ranks of…
Le Chambon: France’s Village of WWII Rescue
In December 1940, on the remote Vivarais plateau, one of the most extraordinary rescue operations of…
Solomon Guggenheim: How a Millionaire Changed Art
While American millionaires in the 1930s decorated their mansions with classical portraits and landscapes, Solomon Guggenheim…