Quelle est la tragédie du Laconia ?

Au XIXe siècle, l’Empire britannique a construit en Inde l’une des frontières les plus étranges de l’histoire : une gigantesque barrière végétale faite… d’arbustes épineux. Son nom ? La « Grande haie de l’Inde ». Et derrière cette idée étonnante se cachait un enjeu immense : le s ...  Show more

Au début de la Révolution française, Maximilien Robespierre apparaissait comme un homme presque idéaliste. Avocat austère, profondément opposé à la corruption, il défendait les pauvres, dénonçait les privilèges et réclamait davantage d’égalité. On le surnommait même “l’Incorrupti ...  Show more

“A story of horror unparalleled in the annals of the Sea.” On the 14th of April 1912, Titanic, a floating palace sailing through the North Atlantic, found itself hurtling towards a formidable iceberg. Contrary to the panicked reactions of her crew who, fatefully, pulled the hulki ...  Show more

As passengers of Southampton embarked for the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage in 1912, a crew member commented to a traveler, "God himself could not sink this ship." But a young stewardess named Violet Jessop wasn't so sure. She'd already survived a shipwreck on the Titanic's sister ...  Show more

Costa Concordia hit submerged rocks off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012, leaving a fifty-metre-long gash in the hull. More than four thousand passengers and crew were on board. Ian and Janice Donoff were hoping to get away in a lifeboat, but it got stuck as it was be ...  Show more

July 16, 1945. It’s the summer of 1945 and World War II is underway. The USS Indianapolis has just set out from Mare Island on a top-secret mission. The famous vessel is delivering enriched uranium and other components of “Little Boy” to Tinian Island. The mission is technically ...  Show more