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THE TRAGIC HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION OF 1956 (FIFTH RIVER CRUISE MISSIVE)
“October 23, 1956, is a day that will live forever in the annuals of free men and nations. It was a day of courage, conscience and...
Jeemes Akers
9 min read


TEENAGE HITLER IN LINZ AND VIENNA (FOURTH RIVER CRUISE MISSIVE)
“I owe it to that period [in Vienna] that I grew hard and am still capable of being hard.” ...
Jeemes Akers
9 min read


THE BUDAPEST SHOE MEMORIAL (THIRD RIVER CRUISE MISSIVE)
“… I heard a series of popping sounds. Thinking the Russians had arrived, I slunk to the window. But what I saw was worse than anything I...
Jeemes Akers
4 min read


ONE OF HISTORY’S INFLECTION POINTS (SECOND RIVER CRUISE MISSIVE)
“Let him come; I’ll fight to the last drop of blood.” Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg...
Jeemes Akers
8 min read


THE TRAGIC EMPRESS SISI (FIRST RIVER CRUISE MISSIVE)
“All the people who have had nothing but evil to say of me ever since I came here, now have the satisfaction of knowing that I shall...
Jeemes Akers
8 min read


THE WORLD’S RICHEST SPY
The 56-year-old Tahnoun—nicknamed the “spy sheik”—controls more money than almost anybody on the planet, as the chairman of two Abu Dhabi...
Jeemes Akers
10 min read


THE MIGHTY OAK HAS FALLEN
“He [Dr. John David Broome] lived his life like a mighty oak tree with deep roots in his Christian faith and many branches that reached...
Jeemes Akers
7 min read


HARRIETTE: THE GRANDEST DAME OF THEM ALL
“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.”...
Jeemes Akers
8 min read


MIRROR-UNIVERSE
“The Lord says to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’” ...
Jeemes Akers
7 min read


A True Christmas Miracle
“Dear Mother, I am writing from the trenches. It is 11:00 in the morning. Beside me is a coke fire, opposite me a ‘dug-out’ (wet) with...
Jeemes Akers
6 min read
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