The rain is falling in sheets, turning the forest floor into a slick, treacherous bog. For three days, the Roman column has been marching through a nightmare. The trees press…
The ice is alive. You can hear it breathing. That is the only way to describe the sound. A low, deep groan, like a wounded animal, followed by a sharp…
The wooden deck heaves beneath your feet. Above you, grey clouds pile up like mountains, threatening another North Atlantic gale. But for a moment—just a moment—the wind catches the great square…
The western horizon glows with a light that should not be there. For 33 days, there has been nothing but water—an endless, breathing expanse of blue that stretches from one…
The sun beats down on a brilliant blue sea. There is no wind to speak of—just a light chop that sparkles like scattered diamonds. But the water is about to turn…
The sea is slate-grey and restless. A low mist clings to the waves, muffling sound, hiding what moves beneath it. Then, out of the gloom, they appear. First one, then a…
There are few images in history as terrifying or as beautiful as the clash between a fleet of towering Spanish galleons and the darting, angry ships of the English navy.…
It was a moonless night on the North Atlantic—but the stars were blinding. Passengers on the RMS Titanic had commented on it all evening: the kind of crisp, brilliant sky that made…
It was just after 3:30 PM on January 15, 2009. The air over New York City was so cold it felt sharp, a polar bite that had turned the Hudson…
It was March 7, 1965. The late afternoon sun cast long shadows across the Alabama River. On the eastern side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, nearly 600 civil rights activists…