Historical Stories

Keep in mind this story may be dated, err maybe not though. There is still a bit of a 'sticky wicket' between the Middle East and others.

A simple romance set in the closing months of World War Two.

A rare peek inside the most frightening quarantine in the United States and the story of how it came to be.

A true account of my trip from the Black Forest to the Mediterranean coast of France.

Ali Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina, the "Lion of Yannina", (1740 - January 24, 1822) was an Albanian ruler (pasha) of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory which was also called Pashalik of Yanina. His court was in Ioannina. Ali had three sons: Ahmet Muhtar Pasha, Veli Pasha and Salih Pasha...

They(WHO Are They) say that history repeats itself. That can't be true, or can it? Just a few thoughts about that.

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction.

Some parts of this story may be true, some changed or combined with other elements of history, regardless it might have happened.

India during the Raj