Books
The Many Myths of Catherine de' Medici
A new Starz series, "The Serpent Queen," dramatizes the life of the much-maligned 16th-century ruler
A Historian's Quest to Unravel the Secrets of Mary Seacole, an Innovative, Long-Overlooked Black Nurse
During the Crimean War, the Jamaican businesswoman operated a storehouse and restaurant that offered food, supplies and medicine to British soldiers
Charles Dickens Was a Busy Man and a 'Mild Diva'
Eleven never-before-seen letters go on display at the Charles Dickens Museum
A Deadly World War II Explosion Sparked Black Soldiers to Fight for Equal Treatment
After the deadliest home-front disaster of the war, African Americans throughout the military took action to transform the nation's armed forces
As Salman Rushdie Recovers, Renowned Writers Read Aloud From His Work
Paul Auster, Jeffrey Eugenides and others championed free speech at the New York Public Library
The True Story of Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol
Alice Sedgwick Wohl's new memoir pulls back the curtain on her celebrity sister's story
The Stealth Swimmers Whose WWII Scouting Laid the Groundwork for the Navy SEALs
The Underwater Demolition Teams cleared coastal defenses and surveyed enemy beaches ahead of Allied landings
Charles Dickens Was a 'Fascinated Skeptic' of the Supernatural
A new exhibition explores the writer's enduring interest in ghosts and other paranormal phenomena
How Bird Collecting Evolved Into Bird-Watching
In the early 1900s, newfound empathy for avian creatures helped wildlife observation displace dispassionate killing
From Lists to Love Letters, What Do People Leave Behind in Library Books?
A California librarian assembles forgotten objects in a heartwarming digital archive
The Myths of Lady Rochford, the Tudor Noblewoman Who Supposedly Betrayed George and Anne Boleyn
Historians are reevaluating Jane Boleyn's role in her husband and sister-in-law's downfall
These Trailblazers Were the Only Women in the Room Where It Happened
A new book spotlights 100 historical photographs of lone women hidden among groups of men
New Reality Show Is Looking for 'America's Next Great Author'
Applications are open for aspiring writers who want to appear in the pilot episode
Who Were the Women Behind James Joyce’s 'Ulysses'?
As the novel turns 100, two exhibitions tell the stories of the women who made it possible
The Schoolteacher Who Saved Her Students From the Nazis
A new book explores the life of Anna Essinger, who led an entire school's daring escape from Germany in 1933
The Secrets of a Long-Overlooked Cipher Linked to Catherine of Aragon
Henry VIII's first wife may have commissioned the design as an act of defiance during the Tudor king's attempt to divorce her
Bradford Freeman, Last Surviving Member of WWII 'Band of Brothers,' Dies at 97
The Easy Company veteran parachuted into France on D-Day and fought in major European campaigns during the last year of the war
How the Ghost Army of WWII Used Art to Deceive the Nazis
Unsung for decades, the U.S. Army's 23rd Headquarters Special Troops drew on visual, sonic and radio deception to misdirect the Germans
Inside a Trailblazing Surgeon's Quest to Reconstruct WWI Soldiers' Disfigured Faces
A new book profiles Harold Gillies, whose efforts to restore wounded warriors' visages laid the groundwork for modern plastic surgery
You Can Now Play 'EmilyBlaster,' a Video Game Inspired by Emily Dickinson's Poetry
Players assemble poems by shooting at words in the '80s-style adventure
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