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Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall

A woman puts a foundling, or her own unwanted child, into a revolving doorway in a hospital or orphanage wall, intended for unwanted children. (Getty Images)

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A mother's love: tokens left with London's foundling babies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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8 reasons to visit historic Chelsea

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At the edge of reason: shaving and razors in 18th-century Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III at the end of his reign. He "represented the uncontrollable aspects of humanity that the Enlightenment could not explain," says Stella Tillyard. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Uncertainty and unrest: the madness of the Regency period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why is the American city of Cincinnati named after a hero of ancient Rome?

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Pride and Prejudice takes the top spot

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Visit historic Lichfield

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Q&A: Why didn't Napoleon invade the Channel Islands?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The man best associated with the new style of landscape gardening was William Kent (c1686–1748), a Yorkshire-born artist and architect. (Public domain)

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The English landscape garden. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

A ship in a storm

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How did Britain come to rule the waves?

‘Battle of Quiberon Bay' (c1765), from 'Old Naval Prints' by Charles N Robinson and Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The battle for Britain 1759. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Captain William Bligh. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

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My history hero: William Bligh (1754–1817). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of the English explorer Samuel Hearne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Samuel Hearne (1745–92). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryAn adulterous scandal and a grisly end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Robert Burns and Francis Bacon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of William Hogarth, whom Simon Jones admires for possessing an extraordinary eye for pictorial detail and social nuance. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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My history hero: William Hogarth (1697–1764). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

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The LibraryThe mystery of Cook’s lost journal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

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10 ways to start a revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of a shipwreck

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The Duke of Wellington. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Antique print of the Boston Massacre from the American Revolutionary, by Paul Revere (American, 1734-1818) (hand-colored engraving), 1770. The title of the print is 'The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg't'. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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The plot to kidnap King George III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The 10 worst Britons in history

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