Noel Fuller

Few women in history have inspired such contradictory reactions as Catherine de Medici. To her admirers, she was a brilliant stateswoman and a steadying force in an era of great religious conflict. To her enemies, she was something far darker: a...

Emmeline Pankhurst remains one of the most pivotal women in history. For others, such words might be an overstatement, but for Emmeline Pankhurst, they are simply the truth. She came of age at a time when women had no voice in the affairs of their own...

Empress Dowager Cixi, who first rose to prominence as a royal consort, connived and schemed her way to the very pinnacle of power in China. From the shadows of the Forbidden City's inner chambers, she emerged as the empire's de facto ruler, wielding...

Golda Meir began her career as a grassroots activist whose tireless efforts helped ensure the creation of a Jewish homeland. As a diplomat and negotiator, she played a pivotal role in securing the recognition and funding that made the founding of...

The assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand didn't just ignite the fuse to the tinderbox that was Europe in the early years of the twentieth century. When war was declared and the soldiers set off to fight the “war to end all...

Isabella I of Castile was one of the most pivotal monarchs in history. For some, such words might ring of hyperbole, but for Isabella, it is simply the truth. Her reign didn't just shape Spain—it reshaped the world. Ascending to power during Spain's...

During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach was a Konzertmeister who played eloquent music for the masses at church, but his unique, free-flowing style was not always appreciated when his day job called for him to play traditional church standards. He...

Otto von Bismarck was not the kind of man who waited for history to happen. He made it happen, and he didn't much care whose feelings got hurt along the way.Bismarck was the pragmatic Prussian statesman who engineered Germany creation as a unified...

What happens when a long-awaited journey home refuses to end?In The Never-Ending Flight, what begins as a celebratory trip to India for a wedding quickly unravels into a sprawling international misadventure. Mechanical failures, cancelled departures,...

What if the strain we feel in life does not come from life itself, but from the effort of trying to manage every moment?Most of us move through life with a quiet sense that something always needs our attention.Plans need organizing. Conversations need...