What was once believed to be a small Zapotec outpost has now been fully revealed as a vast fortress city of more than a thousand structures.
“Off with her head” may seem funny coming out of the mouth of Alice in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts. But Margaret Pole—residing in the rather large shadow of King Henry VIII—lived in fear of hearing these very words. Pole spent a lifetime avoiding the executionary habits of a King gone mad. When it was finally her turn to meet the axe, it was a scene more gruesome than any modern-day horror film.
The “Victorian” Era contained some of the most dazzling and darkest moments of English history, but who was the monarch behind the glorious name? Queen Victoria led a nation for longer than anyone before her—and it was a reign full of personal scandal, tragedy, and heartache. Here are regal facts about Queen Victoria.
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