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Adams was now behaving like a naturalized Hollander.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Throwing the dice
Mary Beard • SPQR
Aeneas and more
Mary Beard • SPQR
There’s a historical event that haunts and shames the region. And shows the machine of power. The story is about a boy named George. George was owned by Lilburn Lewis, the nephew of Thomas Jefferson, in the Kentucky mountains. In 1812, a cherished water pitcher slipped from the fifteen-year-old George’s hands, and it shattered. In a drunken rage, L
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Gaius Julius Zoilos
Mary Beard • SPQR
Conquest and consequences