The Last German Emperor, Wilhelm II: His Years in Exile 1918 - 1941
<p>The last German Emperor (Kaiser) Wilhelm II, fled to the Netherlands after Germany’s defeat in the First World War and his forced abdication in 1918. The Dutch Queen Wilhelmina, who had granted him
...
Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade
<p>Richard was a younger son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, ending up as King of England, Duke of Aquitaine and Overlord of Brittany! He was a fearless warrior and renowned military leader, in
...The Medieval World of the Knights Templar
<p>Known as the Knights Templar, they were among the wealthiest and most powerful of the Western Christian military orders and were prominent in Christian finance. The organisation existed for nearly
...An Evening in The Waste Land with T S Eliot
<em>The Waste Land</em> is one of the most often quoted, but least understood, English-language poems of the 20th century. Some critics call it the greatest poetry in English of the 20th century;
...The Hermitage
<p>Saint Petersburg boasts a large number of museums, but none is more famous than The Hermitage, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world. Founded by Catherine the Great and open to the
...