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Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, after Anthony van Dyck, c.1630-50. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain.

Charles the First and Rubens

Michael Jaffe traces the relationship between king and master.

King Christian VII, Johann Frederick Struensee, Queen Caroline Matilda, and Princess Louise Augusta and a lady-in-waiting, Kristian Zahrtmann, 1881. Statens Museum for Kunst er Danmarks. Public Domain.

Dr. Struensee: Dictator of Denmark

S.M. Toyne tells the strange tale of Johann Frederick Struensee, Denmark's 18th century German dictator.

Sampler showing a map of Scotland, 1810. Cleveland Museum of Art. Public Domain.

The Matter of Scotland

Eric Linklater describes the odyssey of Scotland's national story in lyrical and poetic terms.