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Operation Kronstadt

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Smugglers and the birth of Britain’s consumer society. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Anton Chekhov (1860–1904). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paper talk: a newspaper's take on the Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles II: the people’s prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pitt the Elder: Man of War

Where history happened: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nine Wartime Lives

When did the English alphabet first exist, and why are there 26 letters in the order we know them today?

Second World War

Hitler’s bloody swastika

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Making Haste from Babylon

Colourblind history

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April’s Historic Trips... 10 Things To Do

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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

The hunter who became a naturalist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryBosworth: did gunpowder win the day?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Henry VIII love his last wife Katherine Parr?

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What is History in schools for?

Bosworth: the race to find the battlefield. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bosworth battle site: have we discovered where Richard III died?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryApocalypse then circa 410: the end of Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Empires of the Imagination: Politics, War, and the Arts in the British World, 1750–1850

How did Britain come to rule the waves?

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The World That Never Was

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Ten things to do in ... March

My history hero: JB Priestley (1894–1984). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Jane Grey: why do we want to believe the myth?

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Joseph Goebbels

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Tiger tanks in battle

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