When US President James Garfield was assassinated in 1881, his Vice President, Chester A Arthur, assumed the presidency amid widespread distrust. But once viewed as a party insider tied to political ...
Lucretia Garfield, also known as Crete, was the wife of US President James A Garfield and served briefly as First Lady in ...
The 20th President of the United States had the potential to be one of the greats, according to many – until his ...
Ancient Roman gladiators are often imagined as chiselled, bronzed heroes of the arena, akin to today’s top athletes. But the ...
In 1605, a small band of English Catholics tried to destroy the king, his family and parliament in a single explosion. This ...
From prehistoric burials to overcrowded Victorian churchyards, this is what our treatment of the dead throughout history says about the living ...
Borley Rectory was a large, red-brick house that stood in rural Essex. It was draughty and unkempt, and the subject of many local rumours. Nearby villagers referred to strange, ghostly figures that ...
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