Reading was this man’s steady companion. A list of books followed him through jobs, travels, and family life. Each entry added up, leaving behind a legacy as simple as ink on paper.
Like any wealthy family that catches the public’s eye, the Rockefellers had a rather vast closet full of family scandals. Stories of extra-marital affairs, illegitimate children, bigamy, and even cannibalism rocked the Rockefeller world. As a result of these secrets, this family had an obsession with keeping the press and the public on their side. But there was one secret—dating back to the family's origins—that had the potential to bring this family down to its knees.
Of all the “Million Dollar Princesses” from America’s gilded age who married into the old European aristocracy, it was Mary Curzon who achieved the highest rank of all. Although she began as new money, mercantile stock, she rose to the high and controversial title of Vicereine of India—and then ended her life decades too early, in heartbreaking misery.
Mileva Marić was best known as Albert Einstein’s first wife, but she was a talented physicist in her own right. Her possible contributions to Einstein's great theories is still one of the great mysteries of science.
When we think of the image of a “mad scientist” today, chances are we’re thinking about Nikola Tesla. Viciously brilliant and painfully eccentric, Tesla revolutionized the world with his inventions—all while keeping everyone at arm’s length from his dark inner life. So who really was the man behind the lab mask?
"Terrible" doesn't even begin to describe Ivan III, the mad tyrant of Russia. From his tragic childhood to his reign of terror to his failed legacy, Ivan the Terrible was one of the most disturbing monarchs in history. Wielding completely unchecked power, Ivan brought Russia to the brink of ruin—but that doesn't even scratch the surface of just how bad things got. Read on and find out how this infamous Tsar got his dark nickname.
The Wild West was a place of lawlessness, yet also of rigid codes of honor and ambition. Some towns unearthed stories that were never solved, and somehow, they still shape how the frontier is remembered.
Europe’s oldest known lakeside village has been discovered in the tranquil waters of Lake Ohrid in the Balkans, expanding our knowledge of early Neolithic life.
Nell Gwyn was a bad girl Cinderella story. Born in abject poverty, she became a professional actress, the beloved mistress of King Charles II, and died as an icon of the Restoration. However, all Nell's legendary insults and remarkable beauty couldn't save her from drama, scandal, and sorrow.
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