Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is, undoubtedly, one of the most influential people of the century. His nonconformist ways earned him admiration and respect.
Sir Winston...
Dolley Madison’s Early Life: The Tragedy Before the Triumph
Dolley aka "Dolly" Madison, known as the originator of traditions continued by subsequent First Ladies, experienced personal tragedies in her early life.
Dolley or "Dolly"...
History’s Wild Women: Cleopatra – Queen of Kings
The death of Julius Caesar ushered in a period of anarchy and civil war in Rome. In order to restore peace, the Second Triumvirate...
The Mistress of the Duke of Orleans, Grace Dalrymple Elliott
Daly the Tall, Mistress of the Duke of Orleans, Grace Dalrymple Elliott was a courtesan to royalty.
An eighteenth-century beauty, Grace Dalrymple Elliott, was the...
Nikolai Gogol: Famous Novelist, Failed Apostle
Gogol was a writer at odds with his own genius. What he did well-the comic and strange-he did not value. What he strove to...
Sir Thomas Lipton: Purveyor of Tea and America’s Cup Yachtsman
Learning from his experience in America, Lipton brought new methods of marketing and advertising to his grocery business in Glasgow.
By the middle of the...
A Renaissance Woman, Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian Portraitist
Sofonisba Anguissola (1535 - 1625) was one of few female Italian Renaissance artists. As a famous portraitist, she was at home in the courts...
Life and Struggles of Winston Churchill: A Transatlantic Alliance
The Royal Air Force's triumph in the 1940 Battle of Britain and Winston's dogged will to win made a deep impression on US President...
Life and Struggles of Winston Churchill: Battle of Britain 1940
In the Battle of Britain during the summer of 1940, the exploits of the Royal Air Force against the Nazi German Luftwaffe soon assumed...
The Life and Struggles of Winston Churchill: 1940, Year of Peril
In the summer months of 1940, the British were faced with one crisis after another, culminating in the Battle of Britain which they had...