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."
Even though he is a legendary American, little is known of the life of Daniel Boone.
Read a poem about the Lorax, written in a style similar to Dr. Seuss' writing style.
The Missouri Compromise allows a part of the former Louisiana Territory - admitted into the Union as a state called Missouri - to be a slave-holding s...
King Agamemnon takes Achilles' war prize, which results in Achilles refusing to fight. Getting the prize back involves Hector of Troy, Patroclus, and ...
The real D'Artagnan is Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, a French man born between 1610-1620.
The character of Dracula is based on a Romanian price named Vlad Dracul, meaning Son of the Dragon, or Devil.
Three of the Davies boys die, and Barrie dies of bronchitis in 1937; he leaves all rights to Peter Pan to help fund Great Ormond Street Hospital for C...
Gladiators fight each other and animals in the Roman games.
In the Roman Games, gladiators either fight each other or fight animals to the death.
After Columbus "discovers" some of the Caribbean islands, Spain claims them and the area becomes known as the "Spanish Main."
Scholars think the story of Beowulf takes place near the present-day city of Roskilde, not far from Copenhagen.
Attacks attributed to the Ripper typically involve female prostitutes who live and work in the Whitechapel-area slums of London.
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