Easter Monday, April 6, 1896. At the Panathinaiko Stadio in Athens, the delighted crowd witnessed an epochal event. Here is the Greek King George I, to the accompaniment of an orchestra and a choir, opened the Games of the First Olympiad. The first in modern history. His name was Pierre de Coube
By Rainer Sousa For those who today see the practicality offered by e-books, cannot even imagine the long path taken by books in History. Companion to writing, books had great importance for the realization of historical records, the compilation of laws and the dissemination of ideas. Currently, the
A dildo under the bed and girls playing together in the privy? This is what the world of power looked like in the 16th century. And even the most promiscuous poets blushed at the thought of what the queens courtiers were doing ... Catherine of Medici came from the Medici family, whose plebeian o
Though they were born into a special family and in special times, they loved and hated like everyone else. They were great and mean, loyal and treacherous, benevolent and small, prudent and romantic. Zofia Wojtkowska tells about one of the most important families in the history of Poland. Anna