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BBC History Revealed Magazine
What is the Blarney Stone, where did it come from and why do people kiss it?
Guillotined in the French Revolution: the bloody story through 7 severed heads
Did appeasement cause the Second World War?
Anne Neville: wife of Richard III, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, and a modern enigma
16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day
Bound for Britain: your guide to the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush
Margaret of Anjou: a brief guide to the 'She-Wolf of France'
What were the ancient Olympics like? Take a visit to the Games of 436 BC
Q&AWhat’s the oldest photo of a US president?
The battle of Stoke Field, 1487 – the real last battle of the Wars of the Roses
Q&AHave the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?
Why do we say 'cat got your tongue'?
Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda
Q&AWhy do we say ‘red herring’?
Q&AHow tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?
Napoleon on St Helena: how exile became the French emperor's last battle
Napoleon's comeback: from exile on Elba to the Hundred Days
Q&AWhere is Napoleon buried?
Jim Crow in the United States: a brief guide to the racial segregation laws
Q&AHow did the royals choose 'Windsor'?
The Irish Republican Army: a brief guide
Dire straits: the story of Ferdinand Magellan's fatal voyage of discovery
Q&AWhy do we say ‘white elephant’?
Q&AWhy do we say ‘rule of thumb’?
The Wars of the Roses: the 15th-century clash of kings that heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty
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