From Mail Online : Perhaps no Prince of Wales in history has been less trusted — or more spied upon — than the boy everyone knew as Bert...

From CNN : California's parole board Tuesday refused to release onetime Manson family acolyte Leslie Van Houten, finding the 60-year-old...

From the Journal : History is spiced with the lifetime achievements of many women in different areas of interests. The amazing fusion of str...

For those interested in politics and intrigue in Medieval / Renaissance Venice, drop by my good friend Jason's " Executed Today ...

William March (de Marisco) Son of the Justiciar of Ireland, Geoffrey de Marisco (d.1245). William married the Matilda, niece Henry of London...

Thomas Blood (c.1618 - 1680) Irish Colonel and adventurer. Thomas lost his estates during the Restoration (1660). He attacked Dublin Castle ...

Roussell of Bailleul Norman Adventurer Roussel led a group of (exiled?) raffish Normans into Byzantium. He was employed by Emperor Romanus ...