The romance of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII had it all – passion, intrigue, and betrayal. Anne was neither the first nor last of Henry’s wives, but she remains the most enigmatic, and their relationship the most tumultuous. Small details about their life together reveal just how over the top […]
If there’s one member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that pretty much everyone in the world could name without trouble, it’s J. Edgar Hoover. Best known as the country’s most famous G-man, Hoover’s work as director of the FBI began in 1924, when Hoover took control, it was simply […]
You’ve heard of Nero, of course. He’s a highlight of world history in high school – the crazy Roman emperor who supposedly fiddled with a tune while the city burned to the ground. You’ve heard he was out of his mind, sure, but you have no idea exactly how nuts […]
