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Heir Apparent 2013: Officials from India and Saudi Arabia are on the hunt for a direct descendant of an nineteenth-century shipping magnate....
The World in Time: Kings of Light Author Dan Jones talks to Lewis Lapham about his book, The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England.
Stepping Aside 2013: When Pope Benedict XVI announced he intended to resign, he claimed his “strengths due to an advanced age are...
The World in Time: Spy Games John Cooper talks with Lewis Lapham about his book The Queen’s Agent: Sir Francis Walsingham and the Rise of Espionage in Elizabethan England.
Rabble of Rats c. 1378 / Worcestershire
Eschatology c. 1177 / Neyshabur
Dark Horse 344 BC / Macedonia
Cease and Desist 1604 / London
The World in Time: The Real Count of Monte Cristo Lewis Lapham and Tom Reiss discuss The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo.
Voting for Monarchy 522 BC / Persia
Point of Order c. 1745 / La Brède
Public Service Announcement 1819 / Florence
To Whom it May Concern 1789 / New York City
Politically Incorrect c. 1673 / England
Filibusters, Cuckoo Clocks, Liars Findings from the Editors
The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara Cooney
Order Status 2012: Queen Elizabeth II has, for the second time in a decade, updated the strict (and convoluted) Order of Precedence,...
Jubilation! 2012: This weekend, Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, the sixtieth anniversary of her ascent to the throne, with a...
Accounting Standards c. 1145 / Byzantium
Base Flattery c. 1694 / Versailles
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