Orson Welles changed the history of film with his magnum opus, the iconic Citizen Kane—but his genius came with a heavy cost.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, tore through the royal court saying and doing whatever he pleased, no matter how obscene.
Some of history's greatest people have been omitted from a lot of the textbooks.
Virginia Hall and her daring spy ring were crucial to the Allied victory—but their accomplishments came at a brutally high cost.
Gore Vidal ripped into American culture as if it were a hobby. He collected enemies like jewels on a bracelet. And then there was his largest collection: hot Italian men.
Roxelana fought with every fiber in her being to rise from lowly consort to the power behind the throne of Suleiman the Magnificent.
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