Samuel Pepys’ London Chronicles
The candid diarist portrays the ravages of fire and plague, the bawdy court of Charles II, and his own romps with maids
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To assemble “The American Presidency” exhibition, experts scour a treasure trove of historic pictures
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When the Big Three Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin convened at this fabled Crimean seaside resort in 1945, the whole world was watching
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An enigmatic button once decorated the uniform of Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture
War games enthusiasts use miniature soldiers and multiple-terrain boards to simulate real battles
A masterpiece in porcelain replays old struggles between Bolshevik and Czarist opponents
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A Social Divide Written in Stone
Archaeological research at Cliff Palace resumes after 80 years. Surprises are the order of the day
Even in the computer age, a thousand-ton train driven by fire and water inspires awe
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Dawn in the Garden of Good and Evil
Georgia’s founding father knew best, but Savannah didn’t stay unsinful for long
In the Spanish Civil War, as a horrified world watched, the future of Europe seemed at stake
In which it is argued that a look at the history of divorce may make you feel better about our own scandalous ways
Its clients have ranged from Muhammad Ali to Oliver North, but its real allegiance is to the Bill of Rights
Both Audubon and Linnaeus were indebted to this intrepid British limner of the New World
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