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PIRATE PRINCESS OF HALICARNASSUS
Praised by Herodotus, what do we really kno
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
Operation Spider’s Web, in which dozens of Russian bombers were destroyed with drones, shows Ukraine’s aptitude for blue-sky thinking. It marks an inflection point in warfare
Rich, resourceful and ruthless, the Venetians left handsome imprints across the Greek world, says Matthew Dennison , as he explores the lingering traces of a vanished empire
The story of four women who worked in wartime American intelligence
The Critic Books
In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman