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The Greatest Architect of the 20th Century
And why he's hardly known outside of Italy...
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Evan Amato
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James
The Greatest Architect of the 20th Century
How one man transformed the face of Italy...
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Evan Amato
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James
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Death & Immortality at Pompeii
Pliny the Elder's remarkable life, and his heroic last stand during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius...
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Evan Amato
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James
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The Foundation of Rome
What the Romans believed about their origins, and why it matters...
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James
How to Build the Eternal City
What Romulus knew about turning renegades into Romans...
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Evan Amato
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The Forgotten Fate of Titanic's Sister Ship
A war-time tragedy that ends not on the bottom of the Atlantic, but the Mediterranean...
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James
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Evan Amato
The Extraordinary Life of Titanic's Richest Passenger
The man who embodied the excess of the American Gilded Age, yet so too the nobility it aspired to...
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James
Why the Captain Goes Down with the Ship
A Titanic tale of heroism…
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Evan Amato
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Miramare Castle - The Adriatic Paradise
The dream home of one of the most tragic figures of the 19th century is one of Italy's most forgotten wonders...
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James
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Evan Amato
The Grand Tragedy of the Last Emperor of Mexico
The dramatic life and noble end of Maximilian I is one of the great tragic epics of the 19th century — and a cautionary tale of innocence and power...
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James
How to Embrace Your Destiny
Lessons from an unexpected emperor...
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Evan Amato
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The Making of the Vatican Library
Rome's greatest library holds many of the world's greatest treasures. Its very existence, however, is a remarkable tale of survival and vision...
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James
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Evan Amato
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