Hildegard Von Bingen: The Lessons of a Visionary Prioress
She was born nearly a millennia ago, amongst the wooded forests sloping toward the Rhine River. She seems to have been somewhat of a...
Wilson Pasha – Chief Engineer to the Egyptian Government
A few lines written by my Great Aunt led me to investigate her husband's father Wilson Pasha, engineer for the Egyptian Government from 1857...
The Rise of the Red Baron
Many people think of the legend behind the man via cartoons and popular myths. But, who is the Red Baron? Where does the legend...
Jack Brent: International Brigade Spanish Civil War
Canadian Origins
There must always be a place for physical objects as reminders of people and events in history. The recent chance observation of a...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born in 1756 in the city of Salzburg, Bavaria, to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, his father was one of the leading musical...
Caroline Clayton, the Gretna Green Marchioness, 1822-1904
Caroline Margaret Clayton grew up only partially shielded from the cause celebre that was her parents' divorce. A pretty, strong minded girl, she was...
Boudicca Queen of the Iceni
During the fateful year of 60-61 AD, one woman challenged the might of Roman rule in Britain. That woman was Boudicca, queen of the...
Genghis Khan
Over the past two thousand years the world has seen the rise and fall of great empires. The Romans, Alexander the Great and the...
Who Was Al Capone?
Just the name Al Capone connotes the dark and seamy underworld of mobsters, prohibition, Elliot Ness and gangland killings. But who was this brilliant...
The Life and Struggles of Winston Churchill: Victory in Sight
1942 was a year of contrasts. The war in Russia was still ferociously fought, yet the first signs of final Allied victory could be...