On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln attended a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. John Wilkes Booth shot...

John Wilkes Booth hailed from America’s most celebrated theatrical dynasty. At the height of his powers, his father, Junius, ranked as...

Apart from fashioning exquisite music, goldwork, and statuary under the patronage of Pope Clement VII, among other notables,...