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Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends ...

Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson 1864 campaign poster.The Republican Party ConventionThe Republican Convention was held the first week of June, and the ...

Louis Wigfall.Origin and CharacterWigfall was born on a plantation in the vicinity of Edgefield, South Carolina, to a prosperous merchant from ...

A depiction of the opening of Britain’s Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.Foundational booksBooks that explore the basics of the Industrial ...

The Battle of Gaugamela by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1602.The lead-up to GaugamelaFollowing his father King Philip II's unification of the Greek ...

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Reich President Paul V. Hindenburg in March 1933. Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S38324 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, available ...

A depiction of the tombs of Katherine Swynford and her daughter, Joan Beaufort (before they were damaged). Source: available here.Early Life and First ...

A depiction of El Cid form an 18th century Spanish book, Retratos de Españoles ilustres.As Christian and Muslim forces vied for control over the Iberian ...

Janice Hallett is an auto-read author for me and The Examiner was another highly-enjoyable book. If you’re not acquainted with Janice Hallett’s style, ...