Devouring the Heart of Portugal
by Alan Bellows from Damn Interesting on (#5YTQR)
Devouring the Heart of Portugal:
On the morning of Thursday, 04 December 1924, a tall and well-dressed Dutch trader named Karel Marang strolled along Great Winchester Street in the City of London, among the bustling crowds of bankers and brokers of the business district, unaware that the parcel he carried held the power to upend an entire nation. The nation [...]