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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: Their Parents, Nine Children and Royal Legacy
Explore Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s parents, their nine children, their marriage, and Victoria’s role during her reign from 1837 to 1901.
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Abraham Lincoln: From His Early Life to His Death
Abraham Lincoln’s life began in a Kentucky log cabin and ended in a Washington boarding house after an assassin’s attack. Between those two places, he became a lawyer, a husband and father, and the sixteenth president of the United States. He led the country through the Civil War and helped turn the struggle to preserve…
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Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life, Reign and Final Days
Explore Queen Elizabeth II’s childhood, marriage, coronation, 70-year reign, final days, and death, with six historical photographs and documented sources.
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Annie Edson Taylor: The Teacher Who Survived Niagara Falls in a Barrel
On her 63rd birthday, Annie Edson Taylor survived Niagara Falls in a barrel. Discover the woman behind the famous Queen of the Mist portrait.
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Joseph Pujol: The Extraordinary Act of Le Pétomane
Meet Joseph Pujol, the Moulin Rouge performer known as Le Pétomane, and discover the real history behind his famously unusual act.
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Franz Reichelt: The Flying Tailor and His Fatal Parachute Suit
The story of Franz Reichelt, the Paris tailor whose wearable parachute failed during a filmed Eiffel Tower test in 1912.
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Henry Paget: The Dancing Marquess Who Turned His Home into a Theater
Meet Henry Paget, the Dancing Marquess of Anglesey, whose dazzling costumes, theater and surviving portraits reveal an extraordinary life.
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Florence Nightingale: The Reformer Behind the Lamp
The woman remembered for a lamp also used statistics, letters, and nurse training to challenge preventable suffering. Explore Florence Nightingale’s fuller legacy.
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The Ingalls Family: Charles, Caroline, Their Five Children and the Real Little House Story
Explore the real Ingalls family: Charles and Caroline, their five children, the long journey from Wisconsin to De Smet, and how Laura turned their lives…
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