Historical men and women

The legend of Dracula was inspired by the life and antics of Vlad III, a 15 th century prince of Wallachia, but fiction was far exc...

William Radam well deserved the label of “snake oil salesman”. He operated in the United States during the late 19 th century, sell...

General Ned Ludd never existed, but his followers wreaked havoc in the factories of early 19 th -century Britain and provoked stron...

Albert Einstein was not only one of the greatest scientists of all time but he also had a “way with words” that he used to express de...

  The story of the abolition of the slave trade in Great Britain is always linked with the name of William Wilberforce, and rightly s...

That’s right – three wives, not six as is popularly believed! Surely not, you might say. Everyone knows the list - Catherine of Arag...

In 1286 King Alexander III of Scotland came to an unfortunate and unusual end. Born in 1241, he became king in 1249 when aged only sev...