Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

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The French king, famous for his ostentatious sense ... Traders at fairs would buy hair from peasant girls. Blond or silver-gray hair was often in high demand, followed by black.

So in a bid to emulate French girl beauty, I tried the protocol for a month and here’s what I think of it, step-by-step. PERS Vitamin C serum, contains 10% Vitamin C, and is described as a ...

Starting off as an ordinary servant girl, her skills with medicine—honed under her adoptive father, a former court physician—quickly get her noticed by the court’s higher-ups, and she ...