The raiders came out of the sea mist in AD 793, fell on a holy island off the coast of
In 1300 there was no Italy to speak of: only a crowd of walled cities, each with its own bells,
Everyone knows the picture: a wall of concrete cutting through a great European city. Far fewer
He charged with the cavalry at Omdurman, escaped from a prison in Pretoria, was blamed for the
He painted the most famous portrait on Earth, and he finished almost nothing. He filled
At twenty he inherited a rough kingdom on the northern edge of the Greek world. At thirty-two he
He was born on an island that had just changed flags, spoke French with an accent, and rose to
By her own account she could not read or write, yet at about seventeen a farm girl from a border
She was born a disappointment, declared illegitimate before her third birthday, imprisoned in
He conquered Gaul, crossed a small river and started a civil war, ruled Rome as dictator and was
A young woman from Russian-ruled Warsaw, barred from the university in her own city, arrives in
