Short Stories
Bayard’s honor under siege
October 15, 2012
Columbus as a man of faith and devotion
October 1, 2012
September 27 – These exemplary nobles personified virtue
September 27, 2012
Social entertaining reached an apogee during the Old Regime
September 24, 2012
Malicious tongues lash at Empress Sissi
September 20, 2012
García López de Cárdenas discovers the Grand Canyon
September 17, 2012
Kings must stand their ground during revolutions
September 13, 2012
Portrait of the Sieur de la Salle, explorer of the Mississippi
September 10, 2012
Muley Abul Hassan is foiled in his attempt to recapture Alhama
September 6, 2012
Disguised, Archduke Albrecht inspects a Viennese soup kitchen
September 3, 2012
Francis Anthony Drexel: The wealthy banker who prayed daily
August 16, 2012
A rough soldier’s prayer (La Hire)
August 13, 2012
General Lee’s one rule for students: “Be a gentleman”
July 30, 2012
Empress Sisi comforts a young widow
July 23, 2012
William the Conqueror’s extraordinary leadership gifts
July 16, 2012
The Crusaders storm into Jerusalem
July 12, 2012
Sir Winston Churchill’s Ancestral Grandeur
July 5, 2012
Southern aristocracy dazzled ante-bellum Washington
June 18, 2012
May 16 – Patron of Poland
May 14, 2012
Madame Elisabeth: the princess who confronted a Revolution
April 23, 2012
The Little Barrel
April 9, 2012
Alone, Marie Antoinette confronts the revolutionary mob
March 26, 2012
