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."
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton did not like each other. Listen to a story about the deadly, and illegal, duel between the two men.
Art is sometimes created for political purposes. Was that the case for Guido Reni's Abduction of Helen?
Sickened by the slave trade, William Wilberforce begins a 20-year quest to end the practice.
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Anglo-Saxon warriors, in early Briton, were known as Thegns.
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Who is Ebenezer Scrooge? Is Dickens intending that this famous character represents anyone or anything?
Bass Reeves, a former slave who became a Deputy U.S. Marshal, understood several Native-American languages.
Horatio Nelson surprised the French, at Trafalgar, with a new and world-changing approach to naval battles.
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