rebellion
People who overthrew the order of things, or at least tried.
The Best of Them
Her court priest kept a diary of what the widow queen of Jhansi did before breakfast, and the list begins with weightlifting.
The Dancer Who Toppled a King
What does a woman do after horsewhipping a Prussian gendarme, a Ballarat editor, and assembling a private army of law students?
The Bandit Queen's Funeral
Her husband, her son, and the neighbor all had reasons — and the mourners brought cornbread to the grave.
The Spy Who Wanted to Pants Lenin
A British spy once tried to topple the Bolshevik Revolution without firing a shot — his actual plan involved Lenin, Trotsky, and a tailoring problem.
The Man Nobody Could Find
The FBI sent the fastest plane ever built to find him, and it was defeated by clouds.
The Woman Who Started the War Early
She raised a revolutionary flag twelve days before the revolution was declared — on a warship that was, on paper, a trading ship.