Meet some of the world's most-colorful characters in this collection. From Roman times to the Spanish Main, these individuals were famous in their own lifetimes and later, when their stories became the "stuff of legends."
Although the Beowulf epic itself is shrouded in mystery, examine what is known about its origin.
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Port Royal, a center of activity for pirates of the Caribbean, includes the famousHenry Morgan who spends time there.
Because of wind and weather, the Armada has a long and difficult trip home; many of the ships crash onto the Irish shore.
The Germans send their best sniper, reputedly Major Konig, to Stalingrad to hunt and kill Vasily.
Bletchely Park has honored Alan Turing with this life-sized statute, created by Stephen Kettle. The work was commissioned by Sidney E. Frank, an Ameri...
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Barrie meets Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her two boys at Kensington Gardens; he tells the boys stories of pirates, fairies and desert islands.
Tania Chernova is a Russian-American who comes to Russia to learn how to be a sniper and help defeat the Germans.
One theory, about the Whitechapel-area muders, suggests that Prince Albert Victor is Jack the Ripper.
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