Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
William Pitt the Younger riding on the back of George III while surveying the French squadron, 1803. © Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris / Bridgeman Images.
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Secrecy lies at the very core of power.
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