In their youth they lived like kings. They had fleets of luxury cars and their biggest stars performed at their private concerts. But the happy childhood of the sons and daughters of the dictators lasted only as long as the power of their fathers. And it ended just as tragically. Mohammed Reza P
The elaborate and cruel tortures lasted for months. The reduced tariff was not even applied to pregnant women or children. During the times of Stalinist terror, tens of thousands of people lost their lives in prisons, pre-trial detention centers and labor camps when subjected to brutal investigative
What did the rulers of one of the most powerful countries on the continent focus their attention on? Did they take part in feasts, show mercy to their subjects and tame unruly feudal lords? Maybe sometimes. Every second one dealt mainly with ... plotting against his own spouse. Expulsion, imprisonme
She was at the heart of the most important events of the twentieth century, still trying to find her own way to happiness. Its fate, more dramatic and surprising than the plot of the best novels, could serve as a script for at least a few Hollywood blockbusters. And her origin has become a curse.