Stay updated with breaking news from Book Essay. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/07/81/07812fd3-1fb8-40f6-a4c2-a982b311832a/mongols.jpg)
After leaving his home country in the early 13th century, the Englishman traveled to the Crusader states and served as an envoy of the Mongol Empire
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/34/84/3484d08c-1488-486f-be4a-9c3861c3aa37/gettyimages-1220874769_1.jpg)
Civil rights activists failed to expel an all-white, segregationist delegation. But their efforts foreshadowed later milestones in the fight for equality
In the early 1900s, newfound empathy for avian creatures helped wildlife observation displace dispassionate killing
A new book explores the life of Anna Essinger, who led an entire school's daring escape from Germany in 1933
The 1872 act that established the nature preserve provoked Lakota assertions of sovereignty