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Writing Portfolio

HISTORY

The truth behind the turbulent love story of Napoleon and Joséphine

The emperor and his wife's complex relationship is illustrated through the letters he penned her while at war and their mutual infidelity.

GENERAL INTEREST

The Quirky Victorian Invention That Inspired a Risky Race

The air in Knutsford is filled with anticipation from spectators undeterred by gathering clouds, because it’s time for this one-of-a-kind competition.

HISTORY

11 Facts About Joséphine de Beauharnais

Her life was far from a fairytale.

TRAVEL

The road that Calum built, Raasey, Scotland

It’s less than two miles long but it took one determined man over a decade to complete calum’s road.

TRAVEL

The Five Best Drives on the Isle of Skye

Scotland possesses some of the finest drives in the UK, and Skye dares to ratchet that up..

TRAVEL

A switchback in time in the Taygetos mountains, Greece

...at three o’clock on a Greek spring afternoon. The looming world of the Taygetos mountains, the spine of the Mani peninsula, will be my oyster

HISTORY

From the Pragmatic to the Cruel: 7 Ways King James VI and I Changed Society

Thousands of accused witches suffered because of him...

HISTORY

10 of the World’s Most Controversial Gemstones

Gems have been coveted for thousands of years—hoarded by rulers, looted by opportunists, used as bargaining chips by the desperate, and deployed in portraiture to signify wealth and status.

HISTORY

The Lasting Legacy of Elizabeth Stuart, the ‘Winter Queen’ of Bohemia

Elizabeth Stuart was that rare thing—royal, intelligent, beautiful, and happy; subject to an arranged marriage, but with a man she truly loved.

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