The Untold Story of the "Queen of Rum Row": The SS Malahat and Prohibition
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s Heritage & Education Centre are the custodians to an archive collection of maritime, engineering,…
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The Extraordinary Net Worth of Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem‘s Queen of Numbers
Nicknamed ‘Queenie’ and ‘Madame St. Clair’, Stephanie St. Clair (1897-1969) was one of the most famous racketeers in Harlem…
Queen Nzinga: The Fearless African Leader Who Defied Colonization
Queen Nzinga Mbande was a 17th-century African ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundo people, in present-day northern Angola. She is…
Appius Claudius Caecus: The Senator Who Saved Rome from Pyrrhus
In 280 BC, Rome stood at a critical moment in its ambition to conquer southern Italy and establish itself as a major geopolitical power. But standing…
Puyi: The Last Emperor of China – A Historian‘s Perspective
Puyi was crowned Emperor of China in 1908, aged just 2 years and 10 months. After less than four years of regency rule, Puyi was forced to abdicate…
Prohibition and the Rise of Organized Crime in America: A Historian‘s Perspective
After decades of attempts, America finally went ‘dry’ in 1920 with the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which…
The Principal Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic: A Historian‘s Perspective
The short-lived Weimar Republic is the historical name for Germany’s representative democracy in the years of 1919 to 1933. It succeeded Imperial…
The Tragic Tale of Princess Charlotte: Britain‘s Lost Queen
On the morning of Thursday 7 January 1796, the German princess, Caroline of Brunswick, gave birth to what the baby’s father, George, Prince of…
The Indomitable Spirit of Poland‘s Underground State: 1939-1990
In the annals of World War II and the Cold War that followed, few stories are as compelling and inspirational as that of the Polish Underground State. Born in the darkest hours of the German invasion of September 1939, this remarkable network of military and civilian resistance endured for over five decades, standing as a… Read More »The Indomitable Spirit of Poland‘s Underground State: 1939-1990
The Brutal Truth Behind the Enduring Legend of Dick Turpin, England‘s Most Notorious Highwayman
Known in our collective imagination as a dashing highwayman who robbed the rich, saved damsels in distress and eluded the law, Georgian highwayman…