Month: December 2014
The Four-Minute Men – Meet the Army of Propagandists Who Sold WW1 to the American Public
“In the era before electronic mass media, it would take face-to-face sales pitches (and lots of ‘em) to fully drive the pro-war message home.” THE FIRST WORLD WAR WAS WELL INTO ITS THIRD YEAR on…
The Pope’s Private Army – 10 Fascinating Facts About the Vatican’s Swiss Guards
“Here are some little-known facts about the Vatican’s five-century-old mercenary legion.” (Originally published on Dec 8, 2014) POPE FRANCIS HAS FIRED the commander of the Vatican’s 500-year-old security regiment — the Swiss Guard. News outlets…
The Secret Life of Napoleon Bonaparte – 10 Things You Didn’t Know About History’s Most Famous Conqueror
By Shannon Selin THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF Napoleon Bonaparte facts. Here are 10 you may not be aware of. They struck me as interesting when I was researching my novel: Napoleon in America. Napoleon couldn’t carry a…
