No one reaches the top of the world without leaving a pile of bodies behind them—read on for these mind-blowing facts about the most ruthless emperors ever.
“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”–Sholom AleichemTo the cultural imagination, stories about tragic rulers are appealing because regular folk...
History is a tricky subject, and sometimes, despite our best efforts, we get the facts wrong. Think of teaching history like playing the childhood game broken telephone. In the game, the phrase is repeated person...
It’s fun to hate a guy like Manuel Godoy. The King lavished him with piles of cash, all while Godoy was recklessly—and secretly—sleeping with the Queen.
Marie Louise is known for being little more than Napoleon's eye-catching second wife—yet modern historians have revealed a far more complicated story.
Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia was a disastrous saga of brutal battles, blistering heat, and bitter cold that ultimately shattered his empire. From reports of cannibalism to walls built out of corpses, this was Napoleon’s nightmare.
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