How Did King Edward VII’s Love Chair Work? | HistoryExtra
Jun 27, 2024 · Edward VII’s love chair: how did it work? The famous love chair, kept at the famed Parisian brothel Le Chabanais, allowed the unathletic Bertie to have relations with two women simultaneously, all with the minimum of effort to himself, or risk to them.
How Historically Accurate Is It? - HistoryExtra
Nov 15, 2024 · From there, it looks very much like a reskin of Gladiator, with Lucius – revealed to be Maximus’s son – seeming to lead a rebellion from within the arena, and Joaquin Phoenix’s deranged emperor Commodus replaced with a tantalisingly terrible two-for-one deal in the form of co-emperors Caracalla and Geta (Fred Hechinger and Joseph Quinn). In a verbatim moment …
57 History Trivia Questions For Your Home Pub Quiz | HistoryExtra
Jul 21, 2020 · Which queen had the shortest reign of Henry VIII’s six wives? In 16th-century Japan, who was Yasuke? Who wrote the 12th-century account Historia regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain), which is often credited with making the legend of King Arthur popular?; It is thought that Harriet Tubman directly rescued around 300 people from slavery …
The early lives of Caracalla and Geta - HistoryExtra
Nov 15, 2024 · The latter achievement was the Baths of Caracalla, a magnificent complex in Rome. The largest of its kind at the time, able to fit 1,600 people, it included vast baths and pools, vaulted ceilings, libraries, gyms, halls and gardens, and decorated with exquisite marbles, mosaics and statues.
Was Maximus Decimus Meridius A Real Gladiator? | HistoryExtra
Nov 15, 2024 · In Gladiator, director Ridley Scott created a swords-and-sandals epic that was half-history and half-fiction, and that includes his titular hero. Yet, as Jonny Wilkes, explores, there were plenty of real figures from Roman history to draw …
Did Hitler Escape From His Bunker & Live In Argentina After WW2?
On 30 April 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Berlin from both east and west, Adolf Hitler went into his private study in the underground Führerbunker and shot himself in the right temple. An all-or-nothing gambler, he had always said that he would accept only total victory in the Second World War or total defeat; as his supposed 1,000-year Third Reich collapsed around him, he …
Life In The Trenches During WWI: What Was It Like? - HistoryExtra
Nov 6, 2023 · In its simplest form, the classic British trench used during the 1914–18 war was about six feet deep and three-and-a-half feet wide. It had a fire step, which was about 18 x 18 inches, where soldiers could stand and shoot at the enemy.
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Hitler's Wealthy Backers: How German Elite Facilitated The Nazi …
Sep 9, 2019 · When the story of the Third Reich is told, several explanations are put forward for how a party that gained only 2.6 per cent of votes in the German elections of 1928 was able to establish a radical dictatorship just five years later: the Wall Street Crash, the legacy of the First World War and Hitler’s charisma, to name a few.
Why Did Anne Frank’s Father Edit And Censor Her Diary?
Mar 9, 2020 · Anne Frank’s diary was first published in 1947, two years after her death, and her words are now immortalised as a symbol of the victims of the Holocaust. But was it the story that Anne intended for us to read? Ahead of the 75th anniversary of Frank’s death, Erin Blakemore considers how her diary has been edited and appropriated through history – including by her …