Tag: Mark Twain

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Mark Twain and Empress Augusta of Germany

Did the church usher mistake him for a duke? And did Mark Twain mistake the empress for someone else? Mark Twain’s account of an encounter with Empress Augusta of Germany counts among his most hilarious sketches of Baden-Baden. It appears in A Tramp...

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Mark Twain and the Winged Lion of Venice

Real quick now – which saint killed the dragon? What’s the first name that comes to your mind? St. George. Is that what you thought? It’s what I thought, too. St. Mark’s Square in Venice sports two monolithic columns with figures on top. One is a...

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