Bread and a Riot
Bread prices were low and wheat plentiful. Why then did the people riot?
Murder by Pen!
How to Murder an Enemy–the French Way!
Haydn and the Vienna Lodge: Part 2
Did Haydn suspect what the Masons were and what they planned? Part 2 of Haydn and the Vienna Lodge continues here . . .
Haydn and the Vienna Lodge-Part 1
In 1785, Joseph Haydn entered a Freemason Lodge in Vienna. But who are the Masons and why didn’t Haydn attend a single meeting after his initiation?
Undercover in Paris: 1775-6
Traveling incognito! From historical fact to historical fiction
Scandal Strikes the Queen
Slander killed her long before the guillotine did . . .
The Vermeer Mystery
The Dutch Master Left Behind Two Enigmas to Posterity
The Nun, the Ghost, and a Painting
In a medieval French convent, a ghost is desperate to recover a painting . . .
The Connoisseur’s Eye
Fake? Or Fortune? How do art experts know? Questions about a Van Gogh illuminate the process . . .
How Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Inspired a Murder
Breaking news: Tchaikovsky’s ballet inspires murder! Get the scoop here . . .