On the 10th of June 1921, in a villa called Monreo on the island of Corfu, a boy was born who would become Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the fifth child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenburg. Among the people who mattered to him … Read more
Je m’appelle Mia Davis, j’ai trente-deux ans, et j’ai appris que ma famille avait une place pour moi : juste hors du cadre, celle qui tient la boîte, celle qui bloque la date, celle qui paie. Ma fille est née un 10 février à trois heures cinq du matin, après quatorze heures d’un travail que … Read more
In 1962, Truman Capote met Lee Radziwill for lunch at a fashionable New York restaurant. Their conversation dragged on for a long time. The writer occupied a truly unique position in Manhattan's secular circles. Sharp-tongued, funny, and incredibly charming, this native of provincial Alabama easily opened the doors to the most private living rooms. His … Read more
La première chose que je remarquai ne fut pas le silence, mais la façon dont tous les colonels de la pièce se levèrent au même instant. Pas une seconde en retard, pas une seconde en avance. J’avais passé près de huit ans dans l’armée. J’avais vu des commandants entrer dans des salles. J’avais vu des … Read more
There is a photograph from 1936, taken at a horse show on Long Island. In the frame is John Vernou Bouvier III, known as Black Jack, a stockbroker and gambler, leaning close to a woman named Virginia Kernahan. His wife, Janet, is in the same image, a few feet away, not looking at him. A … Read more
Le moteur de ma Mustang de 1987 me tenait occupé quand j’entendis la BMW de Claire s’engager dans l’allée. Le ronronnement familier se mêla au claquement de ses talons sur le béton. Je ne levai pas les yeux du carburateur que je reconstruisais. Je ne l’avais pas beaucoup regardée depuis qu’elle était rentrée de son … Read more
On June 23, 1986, a farmer named Michael Kine checked his soybean rows outside Enos, Indiana. His foot sank into soft soil. He kept digging. What he pulled from the Indiana earth were two bodies in their underwear, their faces beaten beyond recognition, tangled together like brothers embracing in a grave they did not dig … Read more
On October 6, 1977, at 1:30 in the afternoon, Danny Greene walked out of a dentist’s office in Lyndhurst, Ohio. He was still under the influence of medication after having a tooth removed. A cotton wad sat in his jaw. The autumn sun reflected off the suburban parking lot. He never reached his Lincoln. A … Read more
In May 1945, the guns had fallen silent across much of Western Europe. The Third Reich had collapsed, and American soldiers were moving through a defeated Germany, rounding up the remnants of a machine that had murdered millions. Among the prisoners were men who wore the black uniform of the SS. In a processing camp … Read more
On m’avait demandé de supprimer toutes les photos de nous sur les réseaux sociaux. « Je ne veux pas que mon ex sache que j’ai tourné la page », avait-elle exigé. J’avais répondu : « Comme tu veux. » Puis j’avais découvert qu’elle sortait encore avec lui. Alors je lui ai envoyé les photos et … Read more