The story of Bonnie and Clyde has been told many times, but Hollywood has always left out the most brutal chapter. The death of Buck Barrow, Clyde’s older brother, took ten agonizing days. It did not happen in a dramatic shootout with a clean ending. It happened slowly, in a rusting amusement park, with his … Read more
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is one of the most famous crimes in American history. It has been recreated in dozens of films, usually as a dramatic firefight between rival gangsters. The reality was very different. It was not a battle. It was a cold, systematic execution of unarmed men who believed they were under … Read more
In the spring of 1964, just four months after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Jacqueline Kennedy sat down with historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in her Georgetown home. She was 34 years old, a widow with two small children, and the most recognized woman in the world. Over seven sessions and more than eight … Read more
Mi chiamo Rebecca Esposito, ho ventinove anni e per sei mesi la mia casa è stata una branda di ferro dentro una base Unifield in Libano, con il vento caldo che portava nelle tende l’odore di polvere e gasolio. Sono sottotenente dell’esercito italiano, mi occupo di logistica: quando qualcuno ha bisogno di acqua, carburante, pezzi … Read more
Vous tenez une masse dans les mains, vous frappez un vieux mur de plâtre, et soudain le mur s’effondre. Pas en poussière. Il tombe d’un seul bloc, et derrière, il y a une pièce que personne n’a vue depuis des décennies. Une pièce que la maison n’était pas censée avoir. Sur le sol, posée en … Read more
In the autumn of 1889, Margaret Ashworth, a 31-year-old seamstress in Salem, Massachusetts, began experiencing something deeply unsettling. Renowned throughout Essex County for her wedding dresses, Margaret worked from a small shop on Federal Street, a building that had stood since 1703. But that September, after accepting a commission from young Cordelia Winters, strange things … Read more
Tento příběh nezačíná hádkou. Začíná večeří, tichým stolem, zdvořilými úsměvy a jazykem, o kterém si nikdo nemyslel, že na něm záleží. A jednou větou, kterou když jednou uslyšíte, už ji nikdy nevymyslíte z hlavy. Někdy nejhlubší zrada není hlasitá. Nepřichází s prásknutím dveří ani zvýšeným hlasem. Přichází klidně, pronesená k někomu jinému, a my si … Read more
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow has been told many times, but there is one detail Hollywood has never shown you. It is the detail they buried under the beret and the wheat field. During the last seven months of her life, through every shootout, every bank robbery, and the biggest manhunt in … Read more
Die Depesche traf um halb sechs im Hauptquartier ein. Der Adjutant las sie einmal, dann ein zweites Mal. Er ging den Flur entlang zum Büro des Marschalls, klopfte zweimal und wartete. Montgomery stand über seinen Karten. Er stand immer über seinen Karten, bewegte sich durch sie wie durch Räume eines Hauses, dem er mehr vertraute … Read more
Non verrà al matrimonio. Non voglio che quel vecchio sporcaccione ci metta in imbarazzo davanti alla mia famiglia. Ho sentito quelle parole attraverso la porta della cucina al party di fidanzamento di mio figlio a Vancouver. La mia futura nuora parlava con sua madre come se io fossi già morto. Quello che non sapeva era … Read more