There are many stories with the motif of hidden treasures of pirates such as Stevensons Treasure Island and Edgar Allan Poes Gold-Bug, but the origin of this is Captain Kidds Treasure Legend. Captain Kidd, a man who was at the mercy of the times William Kidd, also known as Captain Kidd, was b
The Greek Civil War was one of the most important military conflicts that marked the beginning of the Cold War, after the two superpowers born from the ashes of the Second World War. At least thats what is being said today. However, the war did not begin in 1946. It began in 1943, in the midst of a
He defied the Vikings and forced them to submit. He persuaded the King of the Danes, Guthrum, to be baptized. Finally - he united his country and laid the foundations for the development of his native culture. No wonder he was nicknamed The Great. But was Alfred really such an outstanding ruler?
The story usually shows situations or events whose purpose is well understood in their context but on which a halo of shadow or suspicion falls when the explanation given of them is not convincing. We speak, of course, of conspiracies. History is full of small conspiracies but there are also, from t