Da Paese sottosviluppato a potenza mondiale: breve storia
della Cina moderna La Cina diede un contributo decisivo alla vittoria degli Alleati nella Seconda guerra mondiale, e da lì è partita la crescita che l’ha portata a diventare la seconda potenza industriale del pianeta.

La persecuzione culturale dei docenti e dei libri “infettati dal virus ebraico”
L’introduzione delle leggi razziali produsse l’effetto dirompente di mettere al bando tutta la cultura di derivazione ebraica, prendendo di mira in modo particolare il filosofo olandese Baruch Spinoza.

Quando la CIA faceva il bello e brutto tempo (meterologico)
Se la scienza è in grado di provocare la pioggia artificiale, la CIA non ha esitato a utilizzarla per scopi militari, come ha fatto per molti anni in Vietnam, provocando gravi danni ambientali, prima che una convenzione internazionale vietasse questa pratica, dannosa per il clima del pianeta.

L’uomo che sfidò Newton con la sua stessa arma: l’intelligenza
Il grande scienziato, divenuto responsabile della Zecca londinese, si trovò a dover fare i conti con un diabolico falsario che lo mise in grave difficoltà, tanto che dovette impegnarsi a fondo per difendersi..

L’ERRORE DI CHURCHILL
Affondata la Prince of Wales e il Repulse lasciò ai giapponesi il primato nel Pacifico.

CRISTINA DI SVEZIA
La regina ribelle si converte e si gode la vita a Roma..

I segreti di Saint-Denis, chiesa-simbolo dei re di Francia 
Dedicata al primo vescovo di Parigi, custodisce le tombe dei sovrani, da Dagoberto a Luigi XVIII. I nuovi scavi archeologici stanno riportando alla luce tesori ancora ignoti. La sua storia, accompagna l’intera storia della Francia.

I Savoia conquistano una Roma ostile grazie alla regina Margherita e alle sue dame
Quando la città dei papi diventò capitale d’Italia, la gran parte della nobiltà, fedele al pontefice, rifiutò di accogliere i Savoia. Fu arduo formare una corte, che negli anni successivi fu oggetto di incidenti, intrighi e scandali..

Il mistero del mostro di Gévaudan
Un fatto di cronaca nella Francia del Settecento: 240 omicidi in tre anni, attribuiti a un animale mostruoso. Un caso che nemmeno l’intervento del re Luigi XV riuscì a chiarire.

Alcide De Gasperi, lo statista che riabilitò l’Italia
Fondatore della DC e sostenitore della comunità europea, guidò il Paese nel periodo della ricostruzione. Benché cattolico, cercò di sottrarre il governo all’influenza politica della Santa Sede. Ripercorriamo la sua formazione e l’attività di governo...

MARIA CALLAS, LA DEA INFELICE
VENERATA DA PUBBLICO, CRITICA E APPASSIONATI, PER TUTTA LA VITA INSEGUÌ SE STESSA E I SUOI SOGNI. EBBE TRE AMORI, UNO PIÙ SBAGLIATO DELL’ALTRO. MORÌ IN SOLITUDINE, MA LA SUA VOCE UNICA NON MORIRÀ MAI.

L’invenzione del calendario, pietra miliare della civiltà
La misurazione del tempo ha una lunga storia, che comincia dalla fondazione di Roma e ha poi seguito l’evoluzione della società, tra difficoltà e contraddizioni. Il calendario oggi in uso in tutto il mondo è frutto delle esigenze del cristianesimo...

Simo Hayha: l’invisibile cacciatore delle nevi
Quando la Finlandia fu attaccata dalle armate sovietiche, un cacciatore si trasformò in un cecchino spietato e inafferrabile. Precisione di tiro e capacità di mimetizzarsi lo resero una minaccia incombente e temutissima, che i soldati russi chiamavano la Morte Bianca.

Unity Mitford: la sciagura di amare un uomo che non sa amare
Hitler era molto popolare in Inghilterra negli anni Trenta. L’erede dei Mitford, Unity, aveva un debole per il dittatore. Si trasferì in Germania, entrò nella sua cerchia, si mise in concorrenza con Eva Braun. E fu la sua maledizione.

Alla scoperta dell’antico e misterioso regno di Saba
Studiosi e avventurieri per secoli sono andati alla ricerca del regno di Saba, seguendo tracce vaghe e documenti incerti. E finalmente dal deserto dello Yemen è riemersa la misteriosa figura della mitica sovrana.

Atatürk, l’uomo che ha portato la Turchia in Europa
Il Paese oggi governato dall’autocrate ultra islamico Erdoğan è opera di un presidente di ispirazione democratica e convinto laicista: il “padre della patria” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

La “resurrezione” di Notre-Dame di Parigi: dalle ceneri dell’incendio spuntano nuove meraviglie
A quattro anni dal terribile rogo che ha distrutto il tetto e la guglia della cattedrale gotica, i restauri portano alla luce reperti che svelano nuovi dettagli sulla sua storia affascinante.

La corruzione dei costumi che aprì la porta al nazismo
La Germania di Weimar dovette fare i conti con miseria e degrado morale. Berlino, tra prostituzione e licenziosità, diventò la capitale del sesso e del divertimento più sfrenato.

L’arma segreta degli imperatori bizantini
All’inizio dell’VIII secolo i bizantini salvarono Costantinopoli dalla minaccia araba impiegando un’arma misteriosa la cui natura è rimasta sconosciuta fino ai giorni nostri: il fuoco liquido.

Indagine storica su un predicatore della Galilea
Per sapere qualcosa di concreto sulla natura e le opere di Gesù e conoscere la sua realtà umana, occorre prescindere dai testi religiosi e dalle narrazioni tradizionali, partendo dalla sua infanzia..

Akhenaton, il faraone miscredente che rivoluzionò la religione dei suoi avi
L’Egitto fu scosso da una riforma religiosa voluta dal faraone Akhenaton: un nuovo dio sopra tutti gli altri, Aton. Una scelta che gli attirò l’odio della potente casta sacerdotale di Tebe.

Caro signor Hitler... la corrispondenza tra il Führer e il suo popolo
Tra i documenti nel bunker della Cancelleria vi era una cassa di lettere scritte dalla gente comune al suo Führer. Cinque di queste missive rappresentano la parabola del dittatore nazista.

Chirurgia d’avanguardia: il Medioevo che non ti aspetti
Un sorprendente ritrovamento che testimonia casi di perforazione del cranio. Ecco lo studio dei resti di una donna longobarda vissuta nel VII secolo a Castel Trosino, ad Ascoli Piceno.

“Romeo e Giulietta”: un plagio sì, ma di genio
Come poté Shakespeare, che non era mai stato a Verona, scoprire la tragica vicenda dei due giovani amanti? Il tortuoso cammino che diede origine alla celebre opera teatrale.

Bona Sforza, un’italiana sul trono di Polonia
Figlia di Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Bona sposò nel 1518 Sigismondo Jagellone, re di Polonia e Granduca di Lituania. Vittima di secolari maldicenze, oggi è stata rivalutata come una grande sovrana.

Eddie Chapman, spia per caso sotto due bandiere
Quando i tedeschi si preparano a invadere la Gran Bretagna, Eddie Chapman si improvvisa spia di Hitler. O almeno così credono i tedeschi: in realtà sta col piede in due scarpe.

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