Commonplace History 

Marseille, France In the year 1720, the last great occurrence of bubonic plague struck the port city of Marseille, France, killing half...

"The effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme"- The...

Hi hyne þa ætbæron to brimes faroðe, Swæse gesiþas, swa he selfa bæd. -Beowulf The day did wax unto night, and as the cloudless sky grew...