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At the climax of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. When the young Louis XVII, Louis XVI's son, died in prison in June 1795...

Audie Murphy was a movie star, writer, and one of the most decorated soldiers who ever lived. He was barely 18 years old when he was shipped off to fight Fascists in Italy during World War II. As he himself would later liken it, he went “to hell and back” and lived to tell the tale....

Critias is one of Plato's late dialogues and contains the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens....

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is one of the world's most famous conspiracy theories....

The D-Day Landings of June 6th 1944 took place on five beaches in Normandy code-named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. The Americans landed on Utah and Omaha.

Nearly all kinds of ancient mythology and religions were constructed from early civilizations trying to make sense of their surroundings....

The Great Physician has provided all believers with the ultimate prescription for excellent health.

Le Repubbliche Marinare erano città portuali italiane che a partire dal Medioevo godettero, grazie alle proprie attività marittime, di autonomia politica...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read a love story in letters, played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. 'Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance...

This book chronicles Lawrence of Arabia’s remarkable journey—not only across vast geographic distances, but also through the realms of the human spirit.

In a rousing speech on race, poverty, and economic justice - given less than a year before his assassination - Martin Luther King Jr. drives home the mission behind his Poor People's Campaign....

Bernard Montgomery, “the Spartan General”, was one of the giants of World War II. He was a field marshal, as well as an entirely powerful personality, who shaped much of how that aforementioned cataclysmic conflict turned out....

Compared with the most sophisticated weapons systems in use today, tunnels have withstood the test of time....

Can a young country girl lead an army? Joan has no plans on saving France from the English but when the brutes turn up and put her beloved crows to death by fire she knows she has to do something. And if she saves France at the same time, well that is just a wonderful side-effect. Guided by her...

Long before modern prophecy systems, rapture theories, or theological shortcuts existed, the early Church read the Scriptures plainly. They believed the saints would face the Antichrist, endure persecution, remain faithful unto death, and be delivered at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

The gods of Ancient Egypt conjure up images of hieroglyphs with animal-headed people, fantastic civilizations, and a past that seems both unimaginably distant and still tenuously connected to the present day....

Glory to God for the men of old who endured the persecutions of this world with joy and faith....

In Charles River Editors' British Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of Great Britain’s most important men and women....

Recollections about the pantheon of writers and artists who passed through the famous book store and how he became a "bookman"....

A main architect of the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler was perhaps one of the most ruthless men that ever lived. For most, this would be hyperbole, but for Himmler, such words would seem like a rather apt description....