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The 20th President of the United States had the potential to be one of the greats, according to many – until his ...
Ancient Roman gladiators are often imagined as chiselled, bronzed heroes of the arena, akin to today’s top athletes. But the ...
Lucretia Garfield, also known as Crete, was the wife of US President James A Garfield and served briefly as First Lady in ...
When US President James Garfield was assassinated in 1881, his Vice President, Chester A Arthur, assumed the presidency amid widespread distrust. But once viewed as a party insider tied to political ...
In 1605, a small band of English Catholics tried to destroy the king, his family and parliament in a single explosion. This ...
From the depths of prehistory, human societies have grappled with the same question: how do we treat the dead? Those many varying answers offer a valuable insight into how people across history have ...