Before there was Osama bin Laden, Abu al-Zarqawi or Ayatollah Khomeini, there was the Mahdi the Expected One who raised the Arabs in pan-tribal revolt against infidels and apostates in the late 19th-century Sudan.Born on the Nile in 1844, Muhammed Ahmed grew into a devout, charismatic young man, ...
This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of the Titanic's history, including her spectacular conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious modern-day attempts to salvage her. The familiar story of the RMS Titanic—from her encounter with an iceberg to her demise some three h...
Thousands of civilians crowded the waterfront as the General’s steamer docked, cheering themselves hoarse, almost delirious with joy. An honor guard from the garrison presented arms as Gordon stepped from the gangplank, and as he walked toward the Governor’s Palace, he was crowded on all sides as...
of Boxhall’s dramatic revelation. He promptly sent his marshals up to Boston, to serve Engineer Gill, Captain Lord, and the Californian‘s officers with subpoenas to appear before his committee on Friday, April 25, in Washington DC, where the hearings were being moved. The press, which by now was ...