The Grand Inquisitor
Castilian Pedro Arbues de Epila did not sleep at night , Tomas de Torquemada since I appointed him Grand Inquisitor Zaragoza. Mighty Kingdom of Aragon and men of converted Jews had for him straight morbid
Month: February 2014
Swan from Stratford
On the stage of London's " The Theatre " which was owned by James Burbage , in agony forever condemned Dr. Faust . Terrified audience holding her breath . Here and there you could hear the quiet drugs
Death of the Emperor
Lady Fitzgerald stood still on the quay in the port of Plymouth. With bated breath she watched Napoleon, who had just boarded an English frigate Northumberland. Emperor pinched the ear straightened like
Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart for a few weeks she had to sit on the throne of Scotland.
Scotland has provided Maria and her French courtiers rather hitherto unknown sensations. Although the five-day sea voyage Englishmen
Freemasonry
Older gentleman introduced Prince Adam Czartoryski to the vaulted hall , upholstered black pall . Silently pointed to a chair , bowed and left. The young candidate to lodge the "Temple of Isis " gazed
Stone mystery of Africa
A man of many days with hardly tore through the African bush. Blows of machetes made his way through the bushes . Suddenly emerged from these huge stone walls . Travelers did not realize that just became
Assassins – the sect of killers
Europeans who arrived during the Crusades to the Holy Land , they could hear a lot of amazing history. Among them were tales of a mysterious group of followers of Islam. Apparently, appeared out of nowhere
Where they buried Genghis Khan?
Mongols for centuries lived on the vast steppes of Asia, until appeared among them a man who united them, and then created the largest land empire in world history. His name was Temujin, though better
Enter to the world of secrets and mysteries of the history
Che Guevara – a man with three faces ?
Few historical figures have become part of contemporary culture. One of the positive hero is brave revolutionary Che Guevara . However, in the course of reading different publications begs the question: