The Swamp Fox 
Green Tea Warrior 
The Too Human King 
The Swamp Fox
More ghost than man, his enemies claimed “the Devil himself could not catch” him. He
Green Tea Warrior
If you’ve heard of the Japanese tea ceremony, it’s likely because of one wildly badass
The Too Human King
Anyone who survives appendicitis should thank him, he was the first monarch to drive a
Heretical Queen
Her name translates to “A beautiful woman has come,” but Nefertiti would’ve been more appropriately
The Great Usurper
Catherine the Great, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, did not fuck a horse. They
A Most Dangerous Woman
Hitler called her “the most dangerous woman in Europe.” To the English, she was the
An English Courtesan in Paris
In the midst of France’s sumptuous Second Empire, their most celebrated, most infamous, most desired
Russia’s Answer to Abraham Lincoln
He said “It is not difficult to rule Russia, but it is useless.” Napoleon III