Every documentary about Princess Mary tells you she was the last surviving child of King George V. They’re wrong. The Duke of Windsor,…
On March 30th, 2002, more than 200,000 people filed past a coffin in Westminster Hall. They queued for hours, sometimes through the night,…
At precisely noon each day for nearly 50 years, a ritual began at Clarence House. William Talon, known to everyone as backsters Billy,…
Every documentary about Ethel Kennedy tells the same story. Devoted mother, human rights champion, a dynasty held together by one woman’s faith. But…
The autumn of 1946 was not kind to the Duke of Windsor. He was 52 years old, living in exile in Paris, watching…
On June 2nd, 1953, a man sat in a Paris apartment and watched television. This shouldn’t have been remarkable. Millions of people across…
Every documentary about Ethel Kennedy tells you she was a stoic widow who held her family together. But there’s a book that no…
Spring 1939, Aberdine Proving Ground, Maryland. American tank engines we at 12 mph, the same speed as a man jogging. Across the Atlantic,…
Fort Eustace, Virginia. Inside a climate controlled museum gallery, there is a truck that should not exist. It is painted flat black. The…
Gary O’Neal, a 173rd Airborne LRP team leader, carried three knives into the Vietnamese jungle. A Randall fighting knife, a Fairbend dagger, a…