10 Historical Titans With Surprising Tattoos | Mental Floss

January 23, 2015 By Captain Maiel

How do you feel about Tattoos? If you’re anything like me, you love them for a lot of reasons: they’re cool, they’re historical, some bad asses have had them, it’s a culture, and they’re art. Yes! They’re art. Why else would the following list of historical figures have them? Okay, maybe because they were pirates inside (bad asses). Today, you could see them on motorcycles, having piercings and soundly getting into trouble.

Though I don’t agree that Thomas Edison is anything but a thieving POS, who bankrupted a true hero or science…there is Dorothy Parker. I wish No. 5 didn’t exist, but I can see him a la Ted Nugent in today’s atmosphere. Teddy Roosevelt totally eclipses America’s Hitler, so I am able to appreciate this list a little more. There’s a British King from the 11th century, for God’s sake!

As always, don’t forget how this might play into historically accurate tales…

Enjoy!

10 Historical Titans With Surprising Tattoos | Mental Floss

About Captain Maiel

Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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Excerpts of K's unedited, rough drafts and other scraps of writing can be found at: KWilliamsAuthor on deviantArt.com. You can also sample her books on Wattpad.