BROOKFIELD ― A small, unassuming grave marker along East Main Street represents more than just a moment in history, but one of the first major crimes to take place in the area, which led to the first ...

A couple of years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a murder trial in Worcester captured the attention of patriots and British sympathizers alike. Scituate native Chief Justice ...

“She’s not at rest,” said Betty Mencucci, president of the Burrillville Historical Society, who painstakingly restored Sherman’s gravestone only to see it vandalized again and again. BURRILLVILLE, R.I ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Bathsheba Ghost was Matron of Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary (now Sydney Hospital) from 1852-66. She has been subsumed into the 'before' ...

The Hebrew Bible perhaps considers no woman as beautiful or as involved in a sex scandal as King David's most famous wife, Bathsheba. The text goes out of its way to speak of Bathsheba's beauty, yet ...

In 1874, Thomas Hardy published Far From The Madding Crowd and introduced the world to literature forgotten feminist heroine: Bathsheba Everdene. When we discuss early feminist heroines in literature, ...

Carey Mulligan, who will turn 30 next week, already has been nominated for the best actress Oscar for 2009’s “An Education,” a measure of the talent and style that she brings to the screen. Playing ...

“Far From the Madding Crowd” is a Masterpiece Theatre version of Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel, shot with sumptuous taste and care, rife with emotions repressed and unbound, and featuring expertly nuanced ...