Blessed Clemens August von Galen: The Lion of Munster
Not long ago, my mother and I discussed a relative my Great-Grandmother used to speak of: a Cardinal in the family, back in Germany....
The Candy Empire of Milton Hershey, Maker of the Hershey Bar
Milton Hershey was born in 1857 into a deeply religious Mennonite family that lived on a farm in south-central Pennsylvania. His ancestors had been...
Jean Margaret Davenport, the Infant Phenomenon
Pretty and clever, Davenport began her acting career at a young age with her father’s help. Born in 1829 in Wolverhampton, her father managed...
Horace and Baby Doe Tabor, Scandal and Romance
The year was 1878. Horace and Augusta Tabor spent twenty years of their marriage traveling from one mining camp to another, providing the miners...
The Friendship of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Dickens
Victorian writers Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Dickens enjoyed mutual admiration and friendship. The two were arguably the most popular and well-known writers of...
Sankara: A Man Who Changed India and the World
Imagine a man gripped in the jaws of a vicious alligator, staring death in the eye, yet lives to not just tell about it...
Cleopatra VII of Egypt – Ptolemaic Majesty
Cleopatra took the throne from her father, Ptolemy XII, at the age of eighteen. A few years later, she was swept off of it,...
Billy Bishop – Canadian Flying Ace
William Avery Bishop, also known as Billy Bishop, was born in Owen Sound, Ontario on February 8, 1894. He was the third of four...
The Story of the Trung Sisters: Undaunted Courage
On February 6, 40 A.D., Trung Trac stood before her troops in full military regalia. She rallied 30,000 soldiers that had gathered at the...
The Story of the Trung Sisters: A Leader Is Made
The Trung sisters are national heroines in VietNam, with many statues and temples in their honor. This is the story of how they became...