The piece opens in 1989 with 11-year-old Vanessa in a fifth-grade class in Miami where playful teasing stops when the television depicts the fall of the Berlin Wall. Her friends continue horsing around but Vanessa breaks down in tears with no idea why. Like much of the first ...
This seizure of power has historically been presented as England conquering Scotland in this union of the crowns, but it was really a victory for the plot to overthrow Elizabeth and her line of succession by James, the Scottish king. If James had been second or third in line for the throne...